Search Warrant Data (Bridgeport Police Department)

Dear Lucy Labs

The City of Bridgeport has received your request as of: November 04, 2019. We are reviewing your request and will contact you in writing when the requested information is available. Your request has been given the reference number W002291-110419 for tracking purposes.

Please note that pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, this City is not required to answer questions; the City is required to provide copies of all non-exempt documents.

Also, please be aware there are statutorily authorized costs associated with responding to your request, as set forth in C.G.S. Section 1-212 and if the anticipated fee for the document(s) you requested is greater than ten dollars, the City will require a deposit of the estimated copying cost prior to copying.

Very truly yours,

OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY

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RE: Freedom of Information Request of November 04, 2019, Reference # W002291-110419
Dear Lucy ,
The City of Bridgeport, CT received a public information request from you on November 04, 2019. Your request mentioned:
"To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

For all search warrants, applications for search warrants, cancellations, and authorization for search warrants between 2012 to the date of processing this request, please provide the following points of record for each:

Full Name of requester
If arrest, arrest ID (eg some cities/states use, "Incident Report")
Reason(s) for search warrant (typically either hand-written, or checkboxes)
Badge ID (or similar) of requester
District/Unit
Name of Judge
Name of approving officer
Whether an Arrest happened
Requested location of search warrant
Location of search warrant execution
Type of search warrant
Statements used to justify search warrant
Time and date when search warrant was submitted for approval
Time and date when search warrant was executed
Whether anything was seized
Whether anything was found
License plate of vehicle (if relevant)
Race of person for search warrant
Age of person for search warrant
State of person for search warrant
Whether an informant was involved
Method of contact with informant leading to search warrant (eg, phone call, mail, fax, email, etc)
Description of person search warrant executed on
Legal code of violation
Description of violation
Date of violation
If search warrant related to debt: name of company debt is owed to, amount owed
Whether FBI involved
ID associated with FBI document (eg, IR #)
Whether search warrant was cancelled
Whether contraband found
Whether narcotics found

The records responsive to this request are likely available in a database, or in some query-able format. If your department or agency does not have direct access to the records, please raise to the respective department that can run queries directly (eg, through SQL).

Should your agency not have all of the requested records within a single record or document, please provide me the relevant documents that do, even if that requires more than one class of document. Should some of the records be unavailable, please let me know ahead of time so that we can narrow the request accordingly.

As the records responsive to this request are imperative for understanding how search warrants are executed, I ask that the public interest of these records be evaluated to the extent that the public's interest outweighs this request's burden. To add, this request is being sent to the largest city of every state and will be collated together to create a comprehensive map of search warrants throughout the US. As such, the records are not only important for understanding search warrants at a local level, but also at a national and state-wide level.

Please ensure that provided documents comply with Section 508, as these records will be shared with members of the public who are covered under the ADA. This guide should be helpful: https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/making-files-accessible/checklist/pdf/index.html

If this request was sent to the wrong department or agency, please let me know so that I can send to the correct place.

I also request that, if possible and pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-212(d), fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest and not made for commercial gain. The requested documents will be processed by a representative of the news media/press and made available to the public at MuckRock.com.

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 4 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Lucy Parsons Labs

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Please be advised that the City of Bridgeport has implemented a new program for addressing Freedom of Information requests, and in the process, is prioritizing responding to requests that have not yet been processed and answered. Due to the age of your request, we are seeking your feedback as to whether or not you wish to proceed with your request so that the City may fulfill outstanding requests in the most expeditious manner possible. If you would like for the City of Bridgeport to proceed with processing your Freedom of Information request, please respond indicating so to the Office of the City Attorney. If this office does not receive a written response from you advising whether or not you wish to proceed with your request within 30 days, processing of other open and active requests will take priority over your request unless/until further communication from you is received, at which time your request will be prioritized and processed accordingly.
You may contact the Office of the Attorney by replying to this message with an e-mail response, directly to the FOI Portal, or by mail or fax through the information below:
City of Bridgeport - Office of the City Attorney
Margaret E. Morton Government Center
999 Broad Street, 2nd Floor
Bridgeport, CT 06604
Fax No. 203-576-8252
Upon receipt of your response, the City of Bridgeport will further respond to your request as appropriate. We thank you for your patience and cooperation.
Very truly yours,
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY