FOIA - Bellevue PD - Reports on 10/24/2020 protest

Dear J Ader,

Thank you for submitting your request for public records to the City of Bellevue Police Department. Your request was received in our office on 10/26/2020 3:10:39 AM and given the reference number P003344-102620 for tracking purposes. The details of your request are below.

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

All of the following documentation created and/or disseminated pertaining to the protests taking place in Bellevue on October 24th, 2020:

- Incident reports
- After action reports
- Intelligence reports
- Situational reports

For guidance in retrieving responsive documents please see the following statement from your agency’s official twitter account pertaining to the aforementioned event: https://twitter.com/bvuepd/status/1320148336427429888

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 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

J Ader

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The City must provide a preliminary response to your request within five (5) business days (RCW 42.56.520); the day the request is received does not count as one of the five (5) days. Weekends and holidays observed by the City are also excluded in the calculation. For additional information regarding our response options, please click here: Prompt Response Required. The City of Bellevue has adopted a Public Records Fee Schedule, please review it for information associated with fees that may be assessed pursuant to your request.
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City of Bellevue Police Department

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11/02/2020
J Ader,
I am writing to update you on the status of your public disclosure request submitted to the Bellevue Police Department.
Your request is still considered open. We anticipated being able to provide you with responsive records by the end of business on this date, but due to the volume of open requests and the availability of staff, we have been unable to do so. You should anticipate an additional response by the end of business on 11/19/2020 if not sooner.
If you have any questions regarding your disclosure request or any other matter, please contact the Bellevue Police Department Records Unit via the Public Records Portal or by telephone at (425) 452-6917.
Thank you for your patience,
New Police Request
Bellevue Police Department

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11/19/2020
J Ader,
I am writing to update you on the status of your public disclosure request submitted to the Bellevue Police Department.
Your request is still considered open. We anticipated being able to provide you with responsive records by the end of business on this date, but we are working to verify we appropriately route your request. If you will please answer the below questions, that will helpful to us in identifying responsive records. I wrote them in CAPS so they will stand out.
"All of the following documentation created and/or disseminated pertaining to the protests taking place in Bellevue on October 24th, 2020:

- Incident reports - I VIEW THIS ITEM AS A REQUEST FOR AN INCIDENT, CASE, OR ARREST REPORT ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENT. IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SEEKING?

- Intelligence reports: WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF INTELLIGENCE REPORTS?

- Situational reports: WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF SITUATIONAL REPORTS?
You should anticipate an additional response by the end of business on 12/2/2020 if not sooner.
If you have any questions regarding your disclosure request or any other matter, please contact the Bellevue Police Department Records Unit via the Public Records Portal or by telephone at (425) 452-6917.
Thank you,
Bellevue Police Department

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12/21/2020
J Ader,
I am writing to update you on the status of your public disclosure request submitted to the Bellevue Police Department.
Your request is still considered open and we would like to remind you about the clarification request we sent to you on November 19th. We are gathering any responsive items for the "after action report" request, and you should anticipate an additional response by the end of business on 12/30/2020 if not sooner.
If you have any questions regarding your disclosure request or any other matter, please contact the Bellevue Police Department Records Unit via the Public Records Portal or by telephone at (425) 452-6917.
Thank you for your patience,
Melissa King
Bellevue Police Department

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12/31/2020
J Ader,
I am writing to update you on the status of your public disclosure request submitted to the Bellevue Police Department.
Your request is still considered open. We have located a "scribe log" from the event and believe it to be responsive to your request. We are in the process of reviewing said log; you should anticipate an additional response by the end of business on 1/7/2021 if not sooner.
If you have any questions regarding your disclosure request or any other matter, please contact the Bellevue Police Department Records Unit via the Public Records Portal or by telephone at (425) 452-6917.
Thank you for your patience,
Melissa King
Bellevue Police Department

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Good afternoon,
Our scribe log we believe to be responsive to this request has been reviewed. We have located information that requires us to provide third party notice to the Seattle Police Department. Said notice is being provided to them on this date. They have until the end of business on January 28, 2021, to obtain injunctive release against the disclosure of certain information. Should we receive no response from their offices, this record will be released to you on that same date.
Please let me know if you have any questions in the interim.
Thank you,
Melissa King
Bellevue Police Department

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01/27/2021
J Ader,
Information responsive to your request for public records is now available via the City of Bellevue Public Records Portal website. Pop-ups must be enabled on your internet browser to access your files for download . Your request is now closed; we have nothing additionally responsive to this request.

Pursuant to the Public Records Act RCW 42.56, responsive records may be redacted or exempt. Please review the accompanying privilege log for further information, if such redactions or exemptions have been applied.
Per the State Public Records Act (RCW 42.56.120) and City Public Records Act Rules (Section 6), a public records request may be considered abandoned and subsequently closed if a requestor fails to fulfill their obligation to claim an installment of records; claim the entire production of records; inspect the records; or fails to pay the deposit or final payment for requested records within 30 days of this notification.
If you believe the information furnished has been incorrectly redacted or is incomplete, you may file a written appeal. The appeal must include your name and address, a copy of the redacted document and a copy of this letter together with a brief statement identifying the basis of the appeal. Please mail your appeal to:
Bellevue Police Department
Attn: Records Supervisor
P.O. Box 90012
Bellevue, WA  98009-9012
Thank you,
Melissa King
Bellevue Police Department RPC 4.4 Inadvertent Disclosure Notification: CR 26 (b) (6) Claw Back Provision *** Please read this notice carefully ***
Dear legal practitioner: Please take notice that we take reasonable precautions to prevent the disclosure of privileged or confidential materials, including those protected by the attorney-client privilege and/or work product doctrine, when responding to request for records.  These precautions include, but are not limited to, carefully locating and assembling responsive records, performing an intra-departmental review of the records for purposes of determining whether they contain any privileged or confidential materials, forwarding the records to the County Prosecuting Attorney's Office for independent legal review, meeting and conferring with the Prosecuting Attorney's Office to compare and reconcile any conflicting results of our separate independent reviews and, if necessary, creating a withholding log.  Despite our having taken these precautions, occasionally a mistake is made and privileged or confidential documents are inadvertently produced.  To that end, we wanted to notify you that there is a possibility that the records being produced may contain privileged or confidential materials.  The inadvertent or unintentional production of privileged or confidential documents, without a privileged or confidentiality designation should not be considered a waiver in whole or in part of any claim of privileged or confidential treatment, and any document that initially is produced without bearing a privileged or confidentiality designation may later be so designated.  In the event that you believe you have received privileged or confidential materials, we would ask that you promptly notify us of this fact and take action as necessary to comply with the obligations set forth in Rule of Professional Conduct 4.4 and/or Civil Rule 26 (b)(6).