FOIA - "Breonna Taylor" Emails (Columbus Division of Police)

J Ader filed this request with the Columbus Division of Police of Columbus, OH.
Multi Request FOIA - "Breonna Taylor" Emails
Status
Rejected

Communications

From: J Ader

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Ohio Open Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

All emails sent and/or received from 9/20/2020 to 9/28/2020 containing/mentioning any of the following terms:

- Breonna Taylor
- #BreonnaTaylor

Responsive records should include email metadata (sender address, receiver address, time-stamps, etc.), the email subject, the body of the email, and any/all documents attached to each respective email sent/received.

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 10 business days.

Sincerely,

J Ader

From: Columbus Division of Police

To: J Ader,
This request was assigned however the request itself is too broad as written (Breonna Taylor). For the time requested, which seems to be a reasonable time period, produced 1291 e-mails. Most of those e-mails were Breonna Taylor's name mentioned in articles from media outlets and are not responsive to your request. Less than 100 e-mails were plans or security concerns for possible protests and are not public record under ORC 149.433 which exempts Infrastructure and Security Records.

Thank you,

A. Morris

From: Columbus Division of Police

To whom it may concern:

" On October 23,2020 I notified you that the e-mails that we had concerning “Breonna Taylor” were all copies of magazine articles and/or newspaper articles and were not generated by anyone on the Division of Police. Below is a copy of the e-mail that was sent in answer to your request. This request is considered closed and will remain closed.

Thank you,

A. Morris

To: J Ader,

This request was assigned however the request itself is too broad as written (Breonna Taylor). For the time requested, which seems to be a reasonable time period, produced 1291 e-mails. Most of those e-mails were Breonna Taylor’s name mentioned in articles from media outlets and are not responsive to your request. Less than 100 e-mails were plans or security concerns for possible protests and are not public record under ORC 149.433 which exempts Infrastructure and Security Records.

From: requests@muckrock.com [mailto:requests@muckrock.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 1:03 AM
To: Morris, Amy L. <AMorris@columbuspolice.org>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: Ohio Open Records Law Request: FOIA - "Breonna Taylor" Emails (Columbus Division of Police)

Columbus Division of Police
Ohio Open Records Law Office
120 Marconi Boulevard
Columbus, OH 43215

January 3, 2023

This is a follow up to a previous request:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Ohio Open Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 9, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

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On Oct. 23, 2020:
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Ohio Open Records Law Request: FOIA - "Breonna Taylor" Emails (Columbus Division of Police)
To: J Ader,
This request was assigned however the request itself is too broad as written (Breonna Taylor). For the time requested, which seems to be a reasonable time period, produced 1291 e-mails. Most of those e-mails were Breonna Taylor's name mentioned in articles from media outlets and are not responsive to your request. Less than 100 e-mails were plans or security concerns for possible protests and are not public record under ORC 149.433 which exempts Infrastructure and Security Records.

Thank you,

A. Morris
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On Sept. 30, 2020:
Subject: Ohio Open Records Law Request: FOIA - "Breonna Taylor" Emails (Columbus Division of Police)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Ohio Open Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

All emails sent and/or received from 9/20/2020 to 9/28/2020 containing/mentioning any of the following terms:

- Breonna Taylor
- #BreonnaTaylor

Responsive records should include email metadata (sender address, receiver address, time-stamps, etc.), the email subject, the body of the email, and any/all documents attached to each respective email sent/received.

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 10 business days.

Sincerely,

J Ader

View request history, upload responsive documents, and report problems here:
https://www.muckrock.com/

If prompted for a passcode, please enter:
••••••••

Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com

PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS
For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 103019
263 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115

PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share, and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable."

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