Broward County Ring

Caroline Haskins filed this request with the Broward County Sheriff of Broward County, FL.
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R065846-111819

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From: Caroline Haskins


To Whom It May Concern:

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

Public reports state that this police department has partnered with Ring, Amazon’s home security company. (https://blog.ring.com/2019/08/28/working-together-for-safer-neighborhoods-introducing-the-neighbors-active-law-enforcement-map/) These partnerships involve an exchange: Law enforcement gets access to Ring’s “Law Enforcement Neighborhoods Portal.” The Law Enforcement Neighborhood Portal is a way that police can request Ring camera footage from people that use Neighbors, Ring has a "neighborhood watch" app.

Therefore, I hereby request the following records:

1) All instructional materials, presentations and presentation materials (including recorded video and audio, PowerPoint files, prepared remarks, and slides formats), and other guidance on the use of Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app. This includes A) any notes taken during meetings that discussed the use of Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app, B) any explanations (whether internally or externally generated) of how Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app work, and C) any other document that has been used to help explain the use of Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app to any party, including internal documentation, public relations materials, and executive summaries.

2) A copy of any privacy impact assessments, use policies, standard operating procedures, data retention policies, legal opinions, warranties, non-disclosure agreements, contracts, liability waivers, insurance agreements, Requests for Proposals, Responses to Requests for Proposal, Memorandums of Understanding, Letters of Interest, usage policies, or informal agreements between the police department and Ring.

3) A copy of any funding opportunity announcements, grant applications and grantor status/progress reports, reports to legislative bodies, annual reports that mention Ring or the Neighbors app, as well as audit records, including but not limited to security audits of the software, misuse reports, and reports to oversight bodies.

4) Any digital communications including but not limited to emails and text messages) as well as documents, (including but not limited to PDF, word processing, excel, and slide documents) that mention Ring or the Neighbors app.

5) Any digital communications (including but not limited to emails and text messages) with Ring representatives.

Please try to include any other miscellaneous documents that facilitate this police department's relationship with Ring that don't neatly fall neatly into the above categories.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. It will be used in the course of reporting for Motherboard, VICE’s science and technology website (www.motherboard.vice.com).

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.

Sincerely,

Caroline Haskins

From: Broward County Sheriff

Dear Caroline Haskins:

The Broward Sheriff's Office received a public records request from you on November 18, 2019, seeking the following: To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Florida sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:
Public rep ort s state that this police department has partnered with Ring, Amazon's home security
company. ( http s://blog.r ing.c om/2019/08 /28/work ing - tog ether -for­ safer - neighb orh
oods-intr odu cing - the - neighb ors- active - law- enforcement-m ap/) These partnerships involve
an exchange: Law enforcement gets access to Ring's "Law Enforcement Neighborhoods Portal." The Law
Enforcement Neighborhood Portal is a way that police can request Ring camera footage from people
that use Neighbors, Ring has a "neighborhood watch" app.

Complete request is attached.
Your request was assigned a reference number R065846-111819 and is being processed in the order in which it was received.

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Thank you.

Broward Sheriff's Office
Public Information Unit
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From: Broward County Sheriff

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Re: Media Records Request of November 18, 2019. Reference #: R065846-111819 Dear Caroline Haskins: The Broward Sheriff's Office received a records request from you on November 18, 2019, seeking the following: To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Florida sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:
Public rep ort s state that this police department has partnered with Ring, Amazon's home security
company. ( http s://blog.r ing.c om/2019/08 /28/work ing - tog ether -for­ safer - neighb orh
oods-intr odu cing - the - neighb ors- active - law- enforcement-m ap/) These partnerships involve
an exchange: Law enforcement gets access to Ring's "Law Enforcement Neighborhoods Portal." The Law
Enforcement Neighborhood Portal is a way that police can request Ring camera footage from people
that use Neighbors, Ring has a "neighborhood watch" app.

Complete request is attached. The records have been released to our online . You can log into the system and download your responsive records. (https://u8387778.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=xSfKPyHO1-2F4Mny2NCLJVuhvlHT-2BV5ivXVVIvnmSv1z7ITWir4JkFw4GCbtSQ2BwDL6PKK1mKRllJawQL8pQS2FAxKHHJJCJxaFCKUTW1qBY-2FUtK-2BO-2B0gx4ZF342pZ2Ly_LEM-2FmuaI7UGFOth5ZcPVLIOsgcTivG-2BMD-2Fi8hIxLJcMBPF6c250tClqmnyQqtFLiFWsWBTk4KUcyDSJ8I9AkFjXGav7Leg9mEGY-2BNzvacyl4Qi0ZIY0iPKWTPWh-2Fg62z7-2FMb497vVmX2-2BXv7pwvrgurrWCn3cSYyaKQjUWG-2F9A6TY6l8qsObfo8BxEUhQwbLiizJSfGT8VwGzPu-2BAZIXlkgjc64dtAcMdTKCi17KZh0nhCrypJuLm-2BKvAyV07jXEeCp2-2Bd6NOKvV9zfSDs9T-2BPmN4na-2BItTDNu4G-2FzUlKnl9Ae0gt07sQSRGj6mE5vXIvf6pR7-2FYoffJwQltYZ-2BnjxlNmUWUYHbJ2rqy4bmQ84v0F-2BxF4CZsJTlcDLkNkyC00PzGUjXrEU1-2BW-2BzF7TC8cCRfELnfGpm8JBhegZxWYxg-3D) Public Records Center Information that is confidential and exempt from public disclosure is redacted according to Florida law. For a more detailed summary of any applied redactions, please review the summary on the final page of the released record. Sincerely, Broward Sheriff's Office
Public Information Unit
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From: Broward County Sheriff

Dear Caroline,
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From: Broward County Sheriff

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