2020 Vigilant Data Sharing Information - Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) (Buffalo Police Department)

Buffalo Police Department
FOIL Office
74 Franklin Street
Buffalo, NY 14202

January 29, 2020

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the New York Freedom of Information Law, I hereby request the
following records:

Part A: Information related to Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) data
sharing.

1) The names of agencies and organizations with which the Agency shares
ALPR data;
2) The names of agencies and organizations from which the Agency receives
ALPR data;
3) The names of agencies and organizations with which the Agency shares
“hot list” information;
4) The names of agencies and organizations from which the Agency receives
“hot list” information;

Part B: Information Related to Numbers of “Detections” (plate scans) and
“Hits” (plate scans that matched to a hotlist)

5) The aggregate number of detections collected during 2018;
6) The aggregate number of “hits” during 2018;
7) The aggregate number of detections collected during 2019;
8) The aggregate number of “hits” during 2019.

Approximately two years ago your agency provided the equivalent information
in response to a records request. You can view your agency’s previous
release here: https://www.eff.org/pages/explore-alpr

For items 1-4: This information is easily available within the Agency’s
Vigilant Solutions LEARN system. The simplest way to extract this data is
to generate an “Agency Data Sharing Report” PDF file from within LEARN. To
do this, a user may simply go to the “Sharing” section of LEARN and select
“Output Report.” A CSV/XLS file containing these records would also satisfy
this request. The instructions for extracting this data is described on
pages 62-63 of the LEARN Agency Manager Guide, which may be found at this
link:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3860685-LEARN-5-1-Agency-Manager-Guide.html

For items 5-8: This information is easily available within the Agency’s
Vigilant Solutions LEARN system. The simplest way to extract this data is
to generate a “Dashboard Hit Ratio Report” PDF file from within LEARN. We
would prefer the data for each year to be provided separately. The
instructions for extracting this data is described on pages 78-79 of the
LEARN Agency Manager Guide, which may be found at this link:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3860685-LEARN-5-1-Agency-Manager-Guide.html

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,

Dave Maass

Attached are the three files you need for this FOI Request:

(See attached file: Buffalo Police Department_Data_Sharing_Report_01-30-20
(1).pdf)(See attached file: Vigilant 2018.JPG)(See attached file: Vigilant
2019.JPG)