Thin Blue Line Blue Lives Matter (Evanston Police Department) • MuckRock

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From: Northwestside Coalition

10/22/2020

Subject: Illinois Freedom of Information Act. Request: Thin Blue Line Blue Lives Matter (Evanston Police Department)

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To Whom It May Concern:

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

Any and all written records (including but not limited to hard-copy documents, memos, emails, word processor documents, PDF documents, PowerPoint files, etc.) created or written by members of the police department between January 1, 2020 and the date this request is processed (inclusive of those dates) which contain one or more of the following words, terms, or phrases (case-insensitive):

-"blue lives matter"

-"blue lives"

-"thin blue line"

-"police lives matter"

-"all lives matter"

-"black lives matter"

-"BLM"

-"TBL"

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,

Northwestside Coalition

From: Evanston Police Department

10/24/2020

Subject: Your first record request #20-1048 has been opened.

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Evanston

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Hi there

Your first Evanston record request (request number #20-1048) has been submitted.
It is currently unpublished and is not available for the general public to view.

Request #20-1048.

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Questions about your request? Reply to this email or sign in to contact staff at Evanston. Technical support: See our <a href='https://www.nextrequest.com/support'>help page</a>

From: Evanston Police Department

11/02/2020

Subject: [External Message Added] Evanston public records request #20-1048

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Evanston

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-1048:

You are hereby notified that your Request for public records has been determined to be unduly burdensome pursuant to Section 3(g) of FOIA. The extraordinary volume of documents (estimated to be over 45000 emails) and numerous staff hours and multiple staff members to fill the request is too burdensome on City resources to produce the request as drafted. Please consider narrowing your request.

From: Northwestside Coalition

11/03/2020

Subject: RE: Illinois Freedom of Information Act. Request #20-1048

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Hello,

Morton Grove's Police Department has run into a similar problem regarding a voluminous result of documents found within their own organization regarding this issue. Please find the amended request below. We hope that it suffices.

The following request has been amended to be less voluminous:

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

Any and all written records (including but not limited to hard-copy documents, memos, emails, word processor documents, PDF documents, PowerPoint files, etc.) created or written by members of the police department between *JUNE 1, 2020* and the date this request is processed (inclusive of those dates) which contain one or more of the following words, terms, or phrases (case-insensitive):

-"blue lives matter"

-"blue lives"

-"thin blue line"

-"police lives matter"

-"all lives matter"

-"black lives matter"

-"BLM"

-"TBL"

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

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,
Northwestside Coalition

From: Muckrock Staff

02/01/2021

Subject: RE: Illinois Freedom of Information Act. Request #20-1048

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To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 22, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #20-1048.

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

From: Muckrock Staff

05/03/2021

Subject: RE: Illinois Freedom of Information Act. Request #20-1048

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To Whom It May Concern:

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

From: Evanston Police Department

05/28/2021

Subject: Your Evanston public records request #20-1048 has been closed.

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Evanston

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Hi there

Record request #20-1048 has been closed. The closure reason supplied was:

Your FOIA request has been denied pursuant to 5 ILCS 140/3(g) as compliance with your request would be unduly burdensome. The city issued a notice to narrow and no response was given.You have a right to appeal this decision within 60 days to Sarah Pratt, Acting Public Access Counselor, Office of the Illinois Attorney General, 500 S. 2nd Street, Springfield, Illinois 62706, (1-877-299-FOIA) or to seek judicial review under section 11 of FOIA, 5ILCS 140/11.

From: Evanston Police Department

05/31/2021

Subject: Your Evanston public records request #20-1048 has been published.

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Evanston

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Hi there

Record request #20-1048 has been published and is now available for public view.

From: Evanston Police Department

06/03/2021

Subject: [External Message Added] Evanston public records request #20-1048

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Evanston

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-1048:

Good afternoon,

Thank you for your response. As this FOIA is from 2020, I am having staff enter this as a new FOIA into the NextRequest system.

Best,

Alex Ruggie

From: Muckrock Staff

09/01/2021

Subject: RE: Illinois Freedom of Information Act. Request #20-1048

Portal

To Whom It May Concern:

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

From: Evanston Police Department

09/01/2021

Subject: Your City of Evanston public records request #21-941 has been opened.

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City of Evanston

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Hi there

Your record request #21-941 has been submitted. You can see it anytime at the link below.

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From: Evanston Police Department

09/01/2021

Subject: [External Message Added] City of Evanston public records request #21-941

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City of Evanston

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #21-941:

You are hereby notified that your request for public records has been determined to be unduly burdensome pursuant to Section 3(g) of FOIA. The extraordinary volume of documents estimated to be over 40K pages and numerous staff hours and multiple staff members to fill the request is too burdensome on City resources to produce the request as drafted. Please contact the Clerk's Office at 847-448-8189 to discuss narrowing the scope of the request. Please consider narrowing your request by sender/recipient, topic or date.

If you agree to narrow your request, you must submit a revised written request. The City of Evanston 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.

From: Northwestside Coalition

09/02/2021

Subject: RE: Illinois Freedom of Information Act. Request #21-941

Portal

Hello,

This is an amended request with a narrowed scope:

Any and all emails created or written by members of the police department between January 1, 2020 and the date this request is processed (inclusive of those dates) which contain one or more of the following phrases (case-insensitive):

-"blue lives matter"

-"thin blue line"

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

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,

Northwestside Coalition

From: Evanston Police Department

09/07/2021

Subject: [External Message Added] City of Evanston public records request #21-941

Portal

City of Evanston

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #21-941:

You are hereby notified that your Request for public records has been determined to be unduly burdensome pursuant to Section 3(g) of FOIA. The extraordinary volume of documents (estimated to be over 62000 emails and hundreds of thousands of pages and estimated 100s of staff hours and multiple staff members to fill the request is too burdensome on City resources to produce the request as drafted. Please contact the Clerk's Office at 847-448-8189 to discuss narrowing the scope of the request. Please consider narrowing your request by sender/recipient, topic or date.

If you agree to narrow your request, you must submit a revised written request. Please note that while this is a narrowed request, the City is not able to just run the members of the police department so this is a City wide email search. Please consider narrowing this request by date or by specifying specific people within the Evanston Police Department.

The City of Evanston 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.

From: Evanston Police Department

09/27/2021

Subject: Your City of Evanston public records request #21-941 has been closed.

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City of Evanston

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Hi there

Record request #21-941 has been closed and published. The closure reason supplied was:

Denial of Request

Your Request is hereby Denied in its entirety. The reason(s) for denial are stated below:

On September 7, 2021 the City issued a response to narrow the request. It has been more than 14 calendar days and no response has been received.

You have a right to appeal this decision within 60 days to Sarah Pratt, Acting Public Access Counselor, Office of the Illinois Attorney General, 500 S. 2nd Street, Springfield, Illinois 62706, (phone number 1-877-299-FOIA) or to seek judicial review under Section 11 of FOIA, 5 ILCS 140/11.

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Submitted	Oct. 22, 2020
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