Purchase records and 'less lethal' use records (California Highway Patrol)

John Lindsay-Poland filed this request with the California Highway Patrol of California.
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033-21-1477

Multi Request Purchase records and 'less lethal' use records
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Completed

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From: John Lindsay-Poland

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

1. Purchase records, invoices, procurement documents and other documents sufficient to show any and all disbursement of public funds for the acquisition by your agency since July 1, 2015 of any of the following:
• Firearms of .50 caliber or greater
• Patrol rifles (as commonly denominated for law enforcement use) or assault rifles (as defined in Sections 30510 and 30515 of the California Penal Code)
• Wheeled vehicles that are built or modified to provide ballistic protection to their occupants, such as Bearcats or armored personnel carriers.
• Projectile launch platforms, such as 40mm projectile launchers, "bean bag" or specialty impact munition ("SIM") weapons, and "riot guns" used to disperse chemical agents
• Long-Range Acoustic Device (LRAD)

2. Purchase records, invoices, procurement documents and other documents sufficient to show any and all disbursement of public funds for the acquisition by your agency since July 1, 2018 of explosives and pyrotechnics, such as "flash bang" grenades and explosive breaching tools, and chemical weapons such as "teargas" and "pepper balls".

3. Records of deployment by your agency since January 1, 2020 of projectile launch platforms, such as 40mm projectile launchers, "bean bag" or specialty impact munition ("SIM") weapons, and "riot guns" used to disperse chemical agents; explosives and pyrotechnics, such as "flashbang" grenades and explosive breaching tools; and chemical weapons such as "teargas" and "pepper balls".

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.

If you would like to discuss this request, please feel free to reach out to me, John Lindsay-Poland, American Friends Service Committee, at 510-282-8983.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

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 calendar days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

John Lindsay-Poland

From: California Highway Patrol

Good day Mr. Lindsay-Poland,

Attached is the copy of the CHP 370C documenting your request for records pursuant with the California Public Records Act and the Office of Risk Management, Public Records Unit is processing.

For any media related questions, personnel from the Office of Community Outreach and Media Relations have been carbon copied in this e-mail and can be contacted at (916) 843-3310.

Thank You,

Anne Ocon

Office Technician
Office of Risk Management
Public Records Unit
(916) 843-4030

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication with its contents may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws, including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication.

From: California Highway Patrol

Good Morning,

Please see the attached letter for a response to your California Public Records Act request.

For any media related questions, personnel from the Office of Community Outreach and Media Relations have been carbon copied in this e-mail and can be contacted at (916) 843-3310.

If you have any questions or require additional assistance pertaining to your California Public Records Act request, please contact any member of the Public Records Unit at (916) 843-4030.

Thank you,

Yuliya Oliynyk
Associate Governmental Program Analyst
Office of Risk Management, Public Records Unit
California Highway Patrol
(916)843-4030 (Main)

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication with its contents may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication.

From: California Highway Patrol

Good Day,

Please see the attached letter regarding your California Public Records Act request.

For any media related questions, personnel from the Office of Community Outreach and Media Relations have been carbon copied in this e-mail and can be contacted at (916) 843-3310.

If you have any questions or require additional assistance pertaining to your California Public Records Act request, please contact the Public Records Unit at (916) 843-4030.

Thank you,

Yuliya Oliynyk
Associate Governmental Program Analyst
Office of Risk Management, Public Records Unit
California Highway Patrol
(916)843-4030 (Main)

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication with its contents may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication.

From: California Highway Patrol

Good Day,

Thank you for contacting the Office of Risk Management, Public Records Unit (PRU) regarding the status of your request. In response to your inquiry, your records are being collected and appropriately examined for redactions. Once that process is complete and the records appropriately reviewed, they will be provided to you right away. At this time, the PRU anticipates the completion of this process to be December 1, 2021; however, should that process be completed earlier or if additional time is required, you will be notified.

If you have any questions, please contact the Public Records Unit at (916)843-4030.

Thank you,

Yuliya Oliynyk
Associate Governmental Program Analyst
Office of Risk Management, Public Records Unit
California Highway Patrol
(916)843-4030 (Main)

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication with its contents may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication.

From: California Highway Patrol

Good Day,

Please see the attached letter regarding your California Public Records Act request.

For any media related questions, personnel from the Office of Community Outreach and Media Relations have been carbon copied in this e-mail and can be contacted at (916) 843-3310.

If you have any questions or require additional assistance pertaining to your California Public Records Act request, please contact the Public Records Unit at (916) 843-4030.

Thank you,

Yuliya Oliynyk
Associate Governmental Program Analyst
Office of Risk Management, Public Records Unit
California Highway Patrol
(916)843-4030 (Main)

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication with its contents may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication.

From: California Highway Patrol

Good Day,

Thank you for contacting the Office of Risk Management, Public Records Unit (PRU) regarding the status of your request. In response to your inquiry, your records are being collected and appropriately examined for redactions. At this time, the PRU anticipates the completion of this process to be December 31, 2021; however, should that process be completed earlier or if additional time is required, you will be notified.

If you have any questions, please contact the Public Records Unit at (916) 843-4030.

Thank you,

Yuliya Oliynyk
Associate Governmental Program Analyst
Office of Risk Management, Public Records Unit
California Highway Patrol
(916)843-4030 (Main)

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication with its contents may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication.

From: California Highway Patrol

Good Day,

Please see the attached letter regarding your California Public Records Act request.

For any media related questions, personnel from the Office of Community Outreach and Media Relations have been carbon copied in this e-mail and can be contacted at (916) 843-3310.

If you have any questions or require additional assistance pertaining to your California Public Records Act request, please contact the Public Records Unit at (916) 843-4030.

Thank you,

Yuliya Oliynyk
Associate Governmental Program Analyst
Office of Risk Management, Public Records Unit
California Highway Patrol
(916)843-4030 (Main)

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication with its contents may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication.

From: California Highway Patrol

Good Day,

Please see the remainder of the documents regarding your California Public Records Act request.

For any media related questions, personnel from the Office of Community Outreach and Media Relations have been carbon copied in this e-mail and can be contacted at (916) 843-3310.

If you have any questions or require additional assistance pertaining to your California Public Records Act request, please contact the Public Records Unit at (916) 843-4030.

Thank you,

Yuliya Oliynyk
Associate Governmental Program Analyst
Office of Risk Management, Public Records Unit
California Highway Patrol
(916)843-4030 (Main)

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication with its contents may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication.

From: California Highway Patrol

Good Day,

Thank you for contacting the Public Records Unit regarding your request. Please see the attached determination letter associated with your California Public Records Act (CPRA) request #033-21-1477. Due to email file size constraints, the records for this request will be re-sent through a file sharing database. Following this e-mail, you will receive a second e-mail that will contain the link to the records for this CPRA request.

For any media related questions, personnel from the Office of Community Outreach and Media Relations have been carbon copied in this e-mail and can be contacted at (916) 843-3310.

If you have any questions or if you would like to obtain your records in a different format, please contact the Public Records Unit at (916) 843-4030.

Thank you,

Yuliya Oliynyk
Associate Governmental Program Analyst
Office of Risk Management, Public Records Unit
California Highway Patrol
(916)843-4030 (Main)

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication with its contents may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication.

From: California Highway Patrol

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From: John Lindsay-Poland

Hi,

Thanks so much for your help with this request. I really appreciate it.

Sincerely,
John Lindsay-Poland

From: California Highway Patrol

Good Day,

Thank you for contacting the Office of Risk Management, Public Records Unit (PRU) regarding your California Public Records Act (CPRA) request. This correspondence is to acknowledge your letter dated February 2, 2022 and received by the Department February 9, 2022.

As indicated below, the PRU provided you a determination letter and a file sharing database folder via e-mail on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. As a courtesy, the PRU has attached the determination letter to this email.

For any media related questions, personnel from the Office of Community Outreach and Media Relations have been carbon copied in this e-mail and can be contacted at (916) 843-3310.
If you have any questions or require additional assistance pertaining to your California Public Records Act request, please contact the Public Records Unit at (916) 843-4030.
Thank you,

Joanna Tran-Fritts
Associate Governmental Program Analyst
Office of Risk Management, Public Records Unit
California Highway Patrol
(916)843-4030 (Main)

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication with its contents may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication.

From: California Highway Patrol

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From: California Highway Patrol

Good Day,
Thank you for contacting the Office of Risk Management, Public Records Unit (PRU) regarding your California Public Records Act (CPRA) request. After further review of the request, it was determined that the PRU provided a determination and records for this CPRA via e-mail and link to a file sharing database folder containing your records on February 1, 2022. As a courtesy, the PRU has sent a second e-mail that will contain the link to the records for this CPRA request today.
For any media related questions, personnel from the Office of Community Outreach and Media Relations have been carbon copied in this e-mail and can be contacted at (916) 843-3310.
If you have any questions or require additional assistance pertaining to your California Public Records Act request, please contact the Public Records Unit at (916) 843-4030.
Thank you,

Yuliya Oliynyk
Associate Governmental Program Analyst
Office of Risk Management, Public Records Unit
California Highway Patrol
(916)843-4030 (Main)

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication with its contents may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication.

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