Riot Gear Budgeting Data (Atlanta Police Department)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Georgia Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

The date range for this request is 1/1/12 to the date this request is processed on.

Budgeting and financial data, spending reports, and cost breakdowns concerning expenditures on:

-Tear gas

-Pepper spray (Oleoresin Capsicum)

-Smoke grenades or concussion grenades

-Chemical munitions launchers

-Rubber bullets

-Batons

-Riot shields

-Protective gear such as helmets, body armor, gloves, etc.

I also request any grant applications and documentation in regards to purchasing any of the above mentioned equipment.

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,

Curtis Waltman

Hello Officer Brown,

I have been researching potential vendors that APD may use for these commodities. In doing so, I have come to the conclusion that this basically is searching for a needle in a hay stack, there are tens of potential vendors APD may use for each one of these commodities. Furthermore, even if I was to give you a near complete (it would likely be impossible for me to completely cover my bases for potential vendors) list of vendors, I think it would end up in way too much work for APD's records office as well. What I was wondering was whether I could work with you to identify the vendors Atlanta Police use for all this equipment. I would be happy to speak to the head of procurement of financials as well if you could send me their numbers and let them know I would be calling. Let me know what you think. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Curtis Waltman

Fantastic, thank you so much! I appreciate your work on this request a lot, if I can be of any help just let me know.

Sincerely,
Curtis Waltman

To Whom It May Concern:

Please find enclosed a check for $72.00 to satisfy the fee associated with the attached public records request.

Thank you.