Drone Documents (Cambridge Police Department)

Cambridge Police Department
125 Sixth Street
Cambridge, MA 02142

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66, §10, I
hereby request the following records:

All documents created from January 2005 to the date this request is
processed related to the agency's use of aerial drones, remotely piloted
vehicles (RPVs), remotely piloted aircraft (RPAs), unmanned aerials (UAs),
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and/or unmanned aerial systems
(UASs)(hereinafter “drones”).

Please search specifically for the below document categories, and respond
to each of the categories and items:

1) Acquisition documents:

i) requests for proposals (RFPs), proposals/quotes submitted by vendors,
contracts, leases, budget requests, project/equipment budgets, cost
allocations or reimbursements for the purchase of drone equipment;

ii) Grant applications and award letters for drone equipment purchases;

iii) Insurance contracts for all drone equipment;

iv) Communications (including electronic communications) between the agency
head or agency quartermaster (or individual responsible for equipment
purchases and maintenance) and drone vendors, manufacturers or retailers;

v) Communications (including electronic communications) between the agency
head and agency quartermaster (or individual responsible for equipment
purchases and maintenance) regarding acquisition, lease or use of drone
equipment;

vi) Communications (including electronic communications) between the agency
head and the governor, mayor and city/town manager regarding the
acquisition of drones;

vii) Applications (including all components and support documentation) for
Certificates of Waiver/Authorization (COA) from the Federal Aviation
Administration, as well as COA grant notifications and final agreement;

viii) Contracts for services related to drones, such as data storage, data
analysis, image storage, image analysis, video storage, video analysis,
operation, maintenance;

2) Equipment logs:

i) Inventories/logs/lists/databases of all drones owned, leased or operated
by or for the agency;

ii) Maintenance logs for all drones owned, leased or otherwise operated by
or for the agency;

3) Policy documents:

i) Policies, guidelines, protocols, manuals and/or instructions on the
use/operation of drones and usage of data, images and video obtained from
drone flights;

ii) Communications from the agency head, quartermaster (or individual
responsible for overseeing equipment purchases and maintenance) on approved
uses for drones;

iii) Memorandums of understanding (MOUs), memorandums of agreement (MOAs)
or any other agreements or contracts with other government agencies,
private corporations, organizations or individuals to share drone
equipment, data, images or video or to operate drones on behalf of the
agency;

4) Training documents:

i) Curriculum used to train drone operators and observers;

ii) Training log for all drone operators and observers;

iii) Certifications of training completion for all drone operators and
observers;

iv) Contracts, purchase orders, budget requests or reimbursement orders for
training sessions for all drone operators and observers;

5) Usage documents:

i) Flight logs for all drone flights, including training flights;

ii) Flight logs transmitted to the Federal Aviation Administration pursuant
to Certificate of Waiver/Authorization (COA) requirements;

iii) Reprimands relating to drones, including misuse of equipment and
failure to properly maintain equipment.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this
request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by the
recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records. The
requested documents will be made available to the general public free of
charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed
by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of
news gathering and not for commercial usage.

I expect the request to be filled in an accessible format, including for
screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to read
print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for
example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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,

Shawn Musgrave

Filed via MuckRock.com
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To whom it may concern:

This is in response to your public records request for all “documents created from January 2005 to the date this request is processed related to the agency's use of aerial drones, remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs), remotely piloted aircraft (RPAs), unmanned aerials (UAs), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and/or unmanned aerial systems (UASs)(hereinafter “drones”).”

There are no responsive documents for this request.