Gun policies & incidents (Bradford County, FL)

Vanessa Nason filed this request with the Bradford County Sheriff's Office of Bradford County, FL.
Submitted Feb. 27, 2017
Est. Completion None
Status
Withdrawn

Communications

From: Vanessa Nason

Subject: MR#33567-338453 - Sunshine Law Request: Gun policies & incidents (Bradford County, FL)

Fax

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to Florida's Sunshine Law (Fla. Stat. secs. 119.01 to 119.15 (1995)), I hereby request the following records:

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to Florida's Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:

All data, statistics, or reports regarding incidents involving firearms, including but not limited to:
> firearm-related homicides
> firearm-related assaults

Any and all policies, procedures, directives, memorandums, and any other guiding materials regarding matters pertaining to firearm acquisition, licensure, use, and transfer, including, but not limited to, the following:
• policies and procedures on the issuance of firearms permits and licenses. (Please note that this point is not a request for the identities of individual permit or license holders, but, rather, is a request for governmental policies and parameters regarding the process and regulations by which one may obtain either a permit or a license. If separate strictures exist for each, provision of both would be greatly appreciated.)
• policies and procedures on the revocation of firearms permits and licenses.
• any and all available policies and procedures regarding local firearms policies. Please provide all such materials that alter or supplement departmental procedures.
• policies and procedures regarding the sale and purchase of firearms. Please include all materials regarding the appropriate qualifications for the sale or purchase of firearms. Please include materials for particular venues, if available, including but not limited to the sale and purchase of firearms at gun shows.
• policies and procedures regarding the transfer, either out-of-state or between individuals, of firearms.
Please include all available segregable data.

All data, statistics, or reports regarding matters pertaining to gun acquisition, licensure, use, and transfer, including, but not limited to, the following:
• the issuance of firearms permits and licenses.
• the revocation of firearms permits and licenses.
• the sale and purchase of firearms.
• the transfer, either out-of-state or between individuals, of firearms.

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,

Vanessa Nason

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 would request your response within ten (10) business days.

Sincerely,

Vanessa Nason

From: Brad Smith

Subject: Public Records Request

Email

Ms. Nason,

Per your original request dated February 27, 2017 as well as multiple requests since that date up to and including October 6, 2017; the Bradford County Sheriff's Office does not have any written policies or procedures regarding matters pertaining to firearm permits and licenses. As for the part of your request related to "All data, statistics or reports regarding incidents involving firearms, including but not limited to: firearm-related homicides and firearm-related assaults" the estimated cost for searching, preparing and delivering the materials could be well into the thousands of dollars due to many of the "homicide" cases being in hardcopy files in storage requiring a search by hand. These files/cases can easily be from upwards of 25 years ago depending on their current status. There will also be a charge per statute of $.15 per page. Please advise how you would like to proceed with your request. Please refer all future requests on this matter to me preferably by email due to the fax you have sent your previous requests to being a less effective way to process your request. You can also contact me by phone if you have any questions or concerns.

Major Bradford Smith
Undersheriff
Bradford County Sheriff's Office
Cell # (352)427-5944
Office # (904)966-6303
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