Grenade Burned Baby Face Emails [Cornelia PD]
| Submitted | June 3, 2014 |
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From: Rich Jones
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Georgia Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any and all emails sent to and from the chief of police on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, Thursday, May 29, 2014, and Friday May 30, 2014.
Additionally, please include any and all reports, memoranda or other documents mentioning the planning, execution, debriefing and media coverage of any police action taken against the Phonesavanh household during the aforementioned dates. Specifically, please include any references to the SWAT team raid which seriously injured a 19-month-old boy with a stun grenade, as reported by WSB-TV 2 Atlanta.
I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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 3 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Rich Jones
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
From: Dee Anderson
Dear Mr. Jones,
I apologize for the delayed response, Chief Rick Darby recently retired, his last day was June 9, 2014. Your request was discovered in his former inbox yesterday. We are working on a cost to fulfill your request so that we will be able to inform you of the cost prior to fulfilling the request. We will let you know the cost as soon as possible.
Donald Anderson
Cornelia, City Manager
From: Dee Anderson
Sir the cost to process your request will be $67.80, 138 pages at $.10 per page and 4 hours at $13.50 per hour. Please advise if you would like for us to proceed with the request.
Donald Anderson
Cornelia, City Manager
From: MuckRock
Cornelia Police Department
P.O. Box 934
Cornelia, GA 30531
June 24, 2014
Please find the enclosed check to remit payment for records relating to:
“Any and all emails sent to and from the chief of police on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, Thursday, May 29, 2014, and Friday May 30, 2014.
Additionally, please include any and all reports, memoranda or other documents mentioning the planning, execution, debriefing and media coverage of any police action taken against the Phonesavanh household during the aforementioned dates. Specifically, please include any references to the SWAT team raid which seriously injured a 19-month-old boy with a stun grenade, as reported by WSB-TV 2 Atlanta.”
The request was originally submitted on June 3, 2014.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
From: Dee Anderson
Attached are the records that you requested.
Donald Anderson
Cornelia, City Manager
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