Geofeedia Inc. Contracts, Invoice - Social Media Surveillance Policies (Cambridge Police Department)

Beryl Lipton filed this request with the Cambridge Police Department of Cambridge, MA.
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From: Beryl Lipton

To Whom It May Concern:

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

Any and all contracts (as well as all associated amendments, exhibits, and materials), memorandums of understanding, and other equivalent agreements entered into by this agency with Geofeedia LLC or any other social media surveillance software or equipment company (including but not limited to Brightplaent, Geofeedia, Intrado Inc, LifeRaft, Magnet Forensics, Media Sonar, Signal Corporation, and ZeroFOX). Responsive materials should include but not be limited to:

• the initial Invitation to Bid, Request for Proposal, or equivalent call for contractors
• the responsive materials provided by the winning bidder
• other bidder responses
• the current contract
• all exhibits
• all amendments
• all performance work statements
• all deliverables inventories
• all invoices related to the deliverance of software, services, or goods

Please also include:
• all policies related to the acquisition and use of social media use and surveillance by individual officers and representatives of this agency

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 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,

Beryl Lipton

From: Warnick,Jeremy

We are finalizing a compilation of the documents and will share them with you shortly.

Jeremy Warnick
Director of Communications
Cambridge Police Department

From: Warnick,Jeremy

Mr. Lipton,

On October 27, we received your request pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66, §10 for:

• the initial Invitation to Bid, Request for Proposal, or equivalent call for contractors
• the responsive materials provided by the winning bidder
• other bidder responses
• the current contract
• all exhibits
• all amendments
• all performance work statements
• all deliverables inventories
• all invoices related to the deliverance of software, services, or goods

Please also include:

• all policies related to the acquisition and use of social media use and surveillance by individual officers and representatives of this agency

Please note that we conducted a year-long trial with SnapTrends between 1/30/2015 and 1/30/2016. The contract was not renewed after its expiration and we are currently not subscribed to a social media surveillance software service.

Attached, we have included responsive documentation from our year-long trial, including the SnapTrends public safety brochure, SnapTrends Executive Summary, the subscription authorization and invoice.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Jeremy Warnick
Director of Communications
Cambridge Police Department

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