Crime Lab documents

Dear Mr. Pierce,

Thank you for your FOIA request.

Please be advised that we cannot run this request without some kind of date range provided.

Please feel free to resubmit with that information.

Thank you so much,

CPD FOIA Intake

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Dear William :

Thank you for your interest in information from the Chicago Police Department. Your FOIA request has been received and is being processed. Your FOIA Center reference number for tracking purposes is: P446030-041718
You have requested the following records: Any and all emails, memos, or other communications sent between Chicago Police Department and the University of Chicago Crime Lab between January 1, 2016 and the date this request is processed.
Chicago Police Department (CPD) responds to all public records requests in accordance with the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq.  If further time is needed to assemble and copy all documents responsive to your FOIA request, we will contact you with a time estimate and a request to extend. You can monitor the progress of your request at the link below and you’ll receive an email when your request has been completed. Thank you for using the Chicago FOIA Center. To monitor the progress or update this request please log into the
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P446030

The Chicago Police Department received your Freedom of Information Act Request on April 13, 2018. 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):

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

() The requested records may 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;

(x) 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;

( ) 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.

You will get a reply on or before April 27, 2018

Chicago Police Department
FOIA Section

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