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Evesham, Ring

Caroline Haskins filed this request with the Evesham Township Police of Evesham, NJ.
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From: Caroline Haskins


To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Public reports state that this police department has a relationship with Ring, a security camera company which has a neighborhood watch app called Neighbors. (https://blog.ring.com/2019/08/28/working-together-for-safer-neighborhoods-introducing-the-neighbors-active-law-enforcement-map/)

Therefore, I hereby request the following records:

1) All instructional materials, presentations and presentation materials (including recorded video and audio, PowerPoint files, prepared remarks, and slides formats), and other guidance on the use of Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app. This includes A) any notes taken during meetings that discussed the use of Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app, B) any explanations (whether internally or externally generated) of how Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app work, and C) any other document that has been used to help explain the use of Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app to any party, including internal documentation, public relations materials, and executive summaries.

2) A copy of any privacy impact assessments, use policies, standard operating procedures, data retention policies, legal opinions, warranties, non-disclosure agreements, contracts, liability waivers, insurance agreements, Requests for Proposals, Responses to Requests for Proposal, Memorandums of Understanding, Letters of Interest, usage policies, or informal agreements between the police department and Ring.

3) A copy of any funding opportunity announcements, grant applications and grantor status/progress reports, reports to legislative bodies, annual reports that mention Ring or the Neighbors app, as well as audit records, including but not limited to security audits of the software, misuse reports, and reports to oversight bodies.

4) Any digital communications including but not limited to emails and text messages) as well as documents, (including but not limited to PDF, word processing, excel, and slide documents) that mention Ring or the Neighbors app.

5) Any digital communications (including but not limited to emails and text messages) with Ring representatives.

Please try to include any other miscellaneous documents that facilitate this police department's relationship with Ring that don't neatly fall neatly into the above categories.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. It will be used in the course of reporting for BuzzFeed News. Therefore, I hereby requests that all fees are waived in the processing of this request.

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 7 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Caroline Haskins

From: Evesham Township Police

Ms. Haskins:

The Evesham Township Police Department received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on January 9, 2020. The Records Custodian received your OPRA request on January 9, 2020. The seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is August 21, 2020. This response to your request is being provided to you on the 1st business day after the custodian's receipt of your request.

Your OPRA request sought access to a wide range of documents involving the "police department ...relationship with Ring...Any digital communications...that mention Ring or Neighbors app...(and) with Ring representatives.

At this time, we request clarification of your OPRA request. Please reply to this email and indicate the date range for a search of communications and documents. This information is needed by our IT department for the location of records.

Due to the complexity of your OPRA request, your request requires additional time beyond the seven (7) business days for us to respond. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i. Specifically, OPRA states that, "the requestor shall be advised by the custodian when the record can be made available. If the record is not made available by that time, access shall be deemed denied." Your request requires an extension of time until January 31, 2020. I will make every attempt to get the requested documents to you sooner.

Katherine Corbett
Risk Management Coordinator
Evesham Township Police Department
984 Tuckerton Road<x-apple-data-detectors://1/>
Marlton, NJ 08053<x-apple-data-detectors://2/0>
(856) 985-6022<tel:(856)%20985-4348>
corbettk@eveshampd.org<mailto:corbettk@eveshampd.org>

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From: Evesham Township Police

Ms. Haskins:

Attached please find the response to your OPRA request dated 1/7/2019.

Katherine Corbett
Risk Management Coordinator
Evesham Township Police Department
984 Tuckerton Road<x-apple-data-detectors://1/>
Marlton, NJ 08053<x-apple-data-detectors://2/0>
(856) 985-6022<tel:(856)%20985-4348>
corbettk@eveshampd.org<mailto:corbettk@eveshampd.org>

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From: Evesham Township Police

The response to this email was sent on 1/14/20. See attached. I am resending the response.

Katherine Corbett
Risk Management Coordinator
Evesham Township Police Department
984 Tuckerton Road<x-apple-data-detectors://1/>
Marlton, NJ 08053<x-apple-data-detectors://2/0>
(856) 985-6022<tel:(856)%20985-4348>
corbettk@eveshampd.org<mailto:corbettk@eveshampd.org>

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From: Evesham Township Police

The response to this email was sent on 1/14/20. See attached. I am resending the response. Please note that the response is included in your email chain below, dated 1/14/20.

Katherine Corbett
Risk Management Coordinator
Evesham Township Police Department
984 Tuckerton Road<x-apple-data-detectors://1/>
Marlton, NJ 08053<x-apple-data-detectors://2/0>
(856) 985-6022<tel:(856)%20985-4348>
corbettk@eveshampd.org<mailto:corbettk@eveshampd.org>

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