CPD Social Media

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:

Documents sufficient to show all official Chicago police Twitter accounts.

For those twitter accounts: a list of all blocked or "muted" users.

Any lists generated for those accounts and their members.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. Please be aware that this request is being made by Lucy Parsons Labs, a registered non-profit in the state of Illinois.

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.

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,

Freddy Martinez
Director, Lucy Parsons Labs

FOIA Officers,

Are you telling me that News Affairs does not maintain any lists of official Twitter accounts that they have access too? That is hard to believe. Where would they keep the passwords (this is not an official FOIA request, I'm explaining my line of thinking). Do they not have a central way of managing twitter accounts (or facebook or other social networks)? Please have them go back and do an additional search because this seems like a very basic request for a office that is called "News Affairs".

Regards,
Freddy M