BRS Labs/Omni AI/Giant Gray Documents

Sara O'Connor filed this request with the Boston Police Department of Boston, MA.

It is a clone of this request.

Due June 20, 2019
Est. Completion None
Status
Awaiting Response

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From: Sara O'Connor


To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

Any and all documents pertaining to BRS Labs (http://brslabs.com/) -- formerly/also known as: Behavioral Recognition Systems, Inc.; Giant Gray, Inc.; Omni AI, Inc.; hereafter collectively referred to as BRS Labs -- and any/all of their product(s) or services ranging from 2013 up until now. Documents being requested here should include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Invoices or receipts for the purchase of any BRS Labs product or service
- Contracts mentioning BRS Labs or their produts/services
- Email correspondences with BRS Labs (such as brslabs.com, omniai.ai, omniaicorp.com or giantgray.com addresses)
- Guidelines mentioning BRS Labs or their products/services
- Bulletins mentioning BRS Labs or their products/services
- Briefings mentioning BRS Labs or their products/services
- MOUs from BRS Labs
- Brochures/Marketing materials or product/service specifications regarding BRS Labs products/services
- Manuals regarding BRS Labs products/services
- Privacy Policies regarding BRS Labs products/services
- Any/all digitally disseminated publications from your agency mentioning BRS Labs or their products/services

I am confident there are documents relevant to this request based on prior media coverage mentioning Boston's use of the BRS Labs product AISight in Wired (https://www.wired.com/2016/02/esther-hovers-false-positives/) and Bloomberg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1lO-QDH7Z4; https://web.archive.org/web/20150217070310/http://www.bloomberg.com:80/news/videos/b/d260fb95-751b-43d5-ab8d-26ca87fa8b83), and it is documented that Behavioral Recognition Systems, Inc.; Giant Gray, Inc.; Omni AI, Inc.; and BRS Labs are in essence the same company: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/behavioral-recognition-systems & https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/omni-ai-inc

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by the recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

I expect the request to be filled in an accessible format, including for screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to read print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.

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,

Sara O'Connor

From: Boston Police Department

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