FOIA - OEMC - CPD Event Query Reports: CPS Walk-Outs, 01/14/2022

Dear J:

Thank you for your interest in information from the Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC). Your FOIA request has been received and is being processed. Your FOIA Center reference number for tracking purposes is: F220225-011722
You have requested the following records: To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records:

All Chicago Police Department Event Query Reports from January 14th, 2022.

Here is an example of a Event Query Report produced as a responsive document to a former OEMC FOIA request to serve as an aid in retrieving records for this request: https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2018/07/06/1380_001.pdf

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,

J Ader

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The Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) 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.

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FFICE OF MERGENCY ANAGEMENT ND OMMUNICATIONS
CITY OF CHICAGO
January 25, 2022 RE: FOIA Request #F220225-011722
Dear J Ader:
On behalf of the Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC), I am responding to your Freedom of Information (FOIA) request that our office received on January 17, 2022, wherein you requested the following information: "To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records:

All Chicago Police Department Event Query Reports from January 14th, 2022.

Here is an example of a Event Query Report produced as a responsive document to a former OEMC FOIA request to serve as an aid in retrieving records for this request: https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2018/07/06/1380_001.pdf

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,

J Ader

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This letter is in response to the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request received by the City of Chicago Department of Office of Emergency Management and Communications on 01/14/2022 for 911 Event Queries for the 24 hour period 00:00 to 23:59 totaling 19, 304 calls.
The FOIA provides in 5 ILCS 140/3(g) that requests for all records falling within a category shall be complied with unless compliance with the request would be unduly burdensome for the complying public body and there is no way to narrow the request and the burden on the public body outweighs the public interest in the information.
I am requesting clarification as to what you are seeking when you use the phrase “ALL EVENT QUERIES”.  Because of the broadness of the phrasing, the language could include a myriad of documents that would be exempt from disclosure. Thereby, as your FOIA request is currently written, the dedication of staff and/or resources is unduly burdensome on the daily operations of the FOIA Department of OEMC.
Therefore, it is necessary that your FOIA request seeking records be “ALL EVENT QUERIES” narrowed and clarified. If you would like assistance in narrowing your request, please contact me, and I will assist you. Otherwise, as explained above, as your FOIA request is currently drafted, the FOIA Department of OEMC is unable to respond to the request.
If you agree to narrow your request, you must submit a revised written request to my attention.  The FOIA Department of OEMC will take no further action or send you any further correspondence unless and until your current request is narrowed in writing.  If we do not receive your narrowed request within fourteen (14) calendar days of the date of this letter, your current request will be denied.
In the event that we do not receive a narrowed request and your current FOIA request is therefore denied, you will have a right of review by the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor, who can be contacted at 500 S. Second St., Springfield, IL 62706 or by telephone at (217) 558-0486.  You may also seek judicial review of a denial under 5 ILCS 140/11 of FOIA.
Sincerely, M. Mason - OEMC FOIA
Freedom of Information Officer
Office of Emergency Management & Communications
312-746-9403