Mobile Phone Forensics Tools (Baltimore County Police Department)
| Submitted | March 29, 2017 |
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From: Curtis Waltman
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to Maryland's Public Information Act ("PIA"), I hereby request the following records:
The following request is in regards to mobile phone forensics tools such as devices made by the company Cellebrite, IP Box made by MDSec, Secure View by Susteen Inc., Kessler Innovations products, Binary Intelligence products or analysis programs such as those produced by COMPELSON Labs or the XRY software by MSAB.
-Contractual documents. Examples of this are invoices, purchases orders, contracts, loan agreements, procurement documents etc.
-Records of communication with the domains CellebriteUSA.com, investigation.com, or mdsec.net from either the chief of police or head of procurement.
-guidelines and/or internal policy on the use of mobile phone forensics tools and software
-Any utilization logs for these tools
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 10 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Curtis Waltman
From: Elise Armacost
Mr. Waltman,
We have received your request and are reviewing our records related to this request. Could you please advise the time period for which you seek these records?
Elise Armacost │Director
Public Affairs Section
Baltimore County Police & Fire
410-887-2210
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From: Curtis Waltman
1/1/11 to the date this request is processed. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Curtis Waltman
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 29, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Elise Armacost
We continue to compile records responsive to this request. Thanks for your patience.
Elise Armacost │Director
Public Affairs Section
Baltimore County Police & Fire
410-887-2210
earmacost@baltimorecountymd.gov<mailto:earmacost@baltimorecountymd.gov>
* News blog: www.baltimorecountymd.gov/policefirenews<http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/policefirenews>
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From: Elise Armacost
Mr. Waltman,
This is a partial response to your request for Baltimore County Police Department records regarding "mobile phone forensics tools such as devices made by the company Cellebrite, IPBox made by MDSec, Secure View by Susteen Inc., Kessler Innovations products, Binary Intelligence products or analysis programs such as those produced by COMPELSON Labs or the XRY software by MSAB."
I have attached Baltimore County Police Department's SOP for use of digital evidence technology.
BCoPD does not have "utilization logs" responsive to your request.
BCoPD is not the custodian of "records of communication" referenced in your request.
We are compiling the BCoPD's responsive contracts, invoices, purchases, loan agreements and procurement documents and will forward in a subsequent email.
Thank you for your patience.
Elise Armacost │Director
Public Affairs Section
Baltimore County Police & Fire
410-887-2210
earmacost@baltimorecountymd.gov<mailto:earmacost@baltimorecountymd.gov>
* News blog: www.baltimorecountymd.gov/policefirenews<http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/policefirenews>
* Twitter @BACOPoliceFire
* Facebook.com/baltimorecountypoliceandfire
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From: Elise Armacost
Mr. Waltman,
I am following up to our May 9, 2017 partial response to your request for Baltimore County Police Department records regarding "mobile phone forensics tools such as devices made by the company Cellebrite" et.al.
I am attaching a number of redacted Baltimore County Police Department documents
Including invoices, purchase orders and Baltimore County's negotiated agreement with Cellebrite.
We have no additional records responsive to this request.
Elise Armacost │Director
Public Affairs Section
Baltimore County Police & Fire
410-887-2210
earmacost@baltimorecountymd.gov<mailto:earmacost@baltimorecountymd.gov>
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