Records re: April 5 fires set to excavators at Atlanta Public Safety Training Center construction site & Emails/texts mentioning “Brent Scarbrough”, April 4, 2023-present (Atlanta Police Department)
| Multi Request | Records re: April 5 fires set to excavators at Atlanta Public Safety Training Center construction site & Emails/texts mentioning “Brent Scarbrough”, April 4, 2023-present |
| Submitted | April 10, 2023 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Christopher Schiano
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Georgia Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
-Any police reports, incident reports, video footage, and/or Computer Assisted Dispatch records related to the reported burning of three excavators owned by Brent Scarbrough Company on the night of April 5, 2023. Please not that it is possible this incident may have also been recorded as taking place in the early hours of April 6, 2023 and may or may not be associated with either of the addresses: Constitution Rd & West Side Pl, ATLANTA, 30316 and KEY RD SE / MORELAND AVE SE, KEY RD SE & MORELAND AVE SE, ATL, GA 30316.
-Any emails or text messages sent or received by any employee of your agency between April 4, 2023 and the date on which this request is processed which includes the keyword phrase “Brent Scarbrough.”
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 3 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Christopher Schiano
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Georgia Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 10, 2023. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Georgia Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 10, 2023. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Atlanta Police Department
Good afternoon,
We are actively working on your request.
Please keep in mind that the information released is preliminary in nature and could change as the investigation progresses or new information comes to light.
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Check https://www.atlantapd.org/about-apd/advanced-components/news-list for the latest updates.
From: Atlanta Police Department
Good afternoon,
We were able to locate 2,498 items matching your request for “any emails sent or received by any employee of your agency between April 4, 2023, and the date on which this request is processed which includes the keyword phrase Brent Scarbrough.” We estimate it will take approximately 124.9 hrs. to process this request. Our cost for processing is $23.31 an hour, with the first 15 minutes free. We estimate that this request will cost $2.905.59.
Regarding your request for text messages received by any employee of our agency between March 1, 2023, and April 26, 2023, including the keywords Brent Scarbrough, we estimate that it would take approximately 2,000 hours to download and process text messages from all employees in our agency to complete this query. This search would need to be conducted to determine if the keyword Brent Scarbrough appears in any text messages. Our cost for processing is $23.31 an hour, with the first 15 minutes free. We estimate that this request will cost $46,614.17.
Please advise if you would like to move forward with either of these requests and I can provide you with an invoice.
Please keep in mind that the information released is preliminary in nature and could change as the investigation progresses or new information comes to light.
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From: Christopher Schiano
Hello,
Thanks for processing this request - would it be possible to get an alternate estimate for a narrowed request for just emails (not texts) that contain both “Brent Scarbrough” and “fire” in the same email within the date range of April 4-10?
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Christopher Schiano
From: Atlanta Police Department
Good afternoon,
We have received your revised request.
Please keep in mind that the information released is preliminary in nature and could change as the investigation progresses or new information comes to light.
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Check https://www.atlantapd.org/about-apd/advanced-components/news-list for the latest updates.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Georgia Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 10, 2023. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Atlanta Police Department
Good afternoon,
We were able to locate 349 items matching your request for any emails sent or received by any employee of our agency between April 4, 2023, and April 10, 2023, including the keywords “Brent Scarbrough” and “fire.” We estimate it will take approximately 17.45 hrs. to process this request. Our cost for processing is $23.31 an hour, with the first 15 minutes free. We estimate that this request will cost $400.93.
Please advise if you would like for use to move forward with this request.
Please keep in mind that the information released is preliminary in nature and could change as the investigation progresses or new information comes to light.
Check the Atlanta Police Department’s News List<https://www.atlantapd.org/about-apd/advanced-components/news-list> for the latest on significant incidents.
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