Ballistic Armored Tactical Transport Vehicle (Chicago Police Department)

Curtis Waltman filed this request with the Chicago Police Department of Chicago, IL.
Tracking #

P436066

Multi Request Ballistic Armored Tactical Transport Vehicle
Est. Completion Jan. 2, 2018
Status
No Responsive Documents

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From: Curtis Waltman

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140/1 to 11), I hereby request the following records:

This request has to do with the Ballistic Armored Tactical Transport, commonly known as the B.A.T.T., which is manufactured by the Armored Group LLC. I ask for:

-Contractual documents. Examples of this are invoices, purchases orders, contracts, loan agreements, procurement documents etc.
-Records of communication with the Armored Group LLC, which has a domain of @armoredcars.com. This correspondence from the department would likely be coming from either the chief of police or a head of procurement.
-Training and/or usage guidelines or policy for this vehicle.
-Any utilization logs for this vehicle.

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,

Curtis Waltman

From: Chicago Police Department

Extension Notice FOIA # P436066

The Chicago Police Department received your Freedom of Information Act Request on December 8, 2017. Under the Freedom of Information Act, a public body may extend the time to respond to a FOIA request by up to 5 business days for a limited number of reasons. Pursuant to Section 5 ILCS 140/3(e) of the Act, the CPD is extending the time to respond to your request by 5 business days from the original due date for the following reason(s):

( ) The requested records are stored in whole or in part at other locations other than the office having charge of the requested records;

(X ) The requested records require the collection of a substantial number of specified records;

( ) The request is couched in categorical terms and requires an extensive search for the records responsive to it;

( ) The requested records have not been located in the course of routine search and additional efforts are being made to locate them;

( ) The requested records require examination and evaluation by personnel having the necessary competence and discretion to determine if they are exempt from disclosure or should be revealed only with appropriate deletions;

( ) The request for records cannot be complied by the public body within the time limits prescribed by the Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140/3(c), without unduly burdening or interfering with the operations of the public body;

(X) There is a need for consultation, which shall be conducted with all practicable speed, with another public body or among two or more components of any public body having a substantial interest in the determination or in the subject matter of the request.

Chicago Police Department
FOIA Section

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From: Chicago Police Department

Dear Mr. Waltman,

Please provide parameters for the email search you would like conducted:

Dates, search terms, and names of CPD members to search on.

Thank you,

Audrey Shulruff, FOIA Officer
Chicago Police Department
Office of Legal Affairs, Unit 114
3510 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60653
312-745-5308

From: Chicago Police Department

Dear Mr. Waltman,

I have not yet heard back from you regarding the parameters for an email search and am still waiting to hear from various units/bureaus if there are responsive records to your request. I will let you know if I hear on or before January 2, 2018.

Thank you,

Audrey Shulruff, FOIA Officer
Chicago Police Department
Office of Legal Affairs, Unit 114
3510 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60653
312-745-5308

From: Chicago Police Department

Dear Mr. Waltman,

Please see email below...

I will let you know if I hear on or before January 9, 2018.

Thank you,

Audrey Shulruff, FOIA Officer
Chicago Police Department
Office of Legal Affairs, Unit 114
3510 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60653
312-745-5308

From: Chicago Police Department

Dear Mr. Waltman,

I have not received a response from you regarding the parameters for the email search. I do have a response for you regarding the other parts of your request, but will send when entire request is complete. Since you have not provided any parameters, shall I take your non-response as a withdrawal of that part of the request?

If I do not receive a response by January 17, 2018, I will send you what I have and close out the request. please feel free to resubmit a new request with the additional information and we will be happy to conduct a search for you.

Thank you,

Audrey Shulruff, FOIA Officer
Chicago Police Department
Office of Legal Affairs, Unit 114
3510 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60653
312-745-5308

From: Chicago Police Department

Dear Mr. Waltman,

It has been determined that we are conducting an email search for you for the time frame of 01 JANUARY 2017 to 31 DECEMBER 2017 using @armoredcars.com as a search term. I will respond to your request when I receive the results of the search.

Thank you,

Audrey Shulruff, FOIA Officer
Chicago Police Department
Office of Legal Affairs, Unit 114
3510 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60653
312-745-5308

From: Chicago Police Department

Dear Mr. Waltman,

Please see attached for the response to your FOIA request.

Thank you,

Audrey Shulruff, FOIA Officer
Chicago Police Department
Office of Legal Affairs, Unit 114
3510 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60653
312-745-5308

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