Search Warrant Data

Dear Requester,

This request amounts to a compilation of records not currently in existence and not required to be created pursuant to O.C.G.A. 50-18-71(j). Additionally, to the extent such a report exists, it is likely a court records which is not subject to the open records act. That said, we will log this request into our open records system and send to our police and sheriff departments to determine if they have anything responsive.

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Steve Rosenberg
Deputy County Attorney
Office of the County Attorney
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404-730-6324 (fax)
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Dear Lucy Parsons:

Thank you for submitting an Open Records Request to Fulton County, Georgia.

The County received your Open Records Act request dated December 16, 2019 and has assigned the reference number R007064-121619 for tracking purposes.

Record(s) Requested: To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Georgia Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
For all search warrants, applications for search warrants, cancellations, and authorization for search warrants between 2012 to the date of processing this request, please provide the following points of record for each:
Full Name of requester
If arrest, arrest ID (eg some cities/states use, "Incident Report")
Reason(s) for search warrant (typically either hand-written, or checkboxes)
Badge ID (or similar) of requester
District/Unit
Name of Judge
Name of approving officer
Whether an Arrest happened
Requested location of search warrant
Location of search warrant execution
Type of search warrant
Statements used to justify search warrant
Time and date when search warrant was submitted for approval
Time and date when search warrant was executed
Whether anything was seized
Whether anything was found
License plate of vehicle (if relevant)
Race of person for search warrant
Age of person for search warrant
State of person for search warrant
Whether an informant was involved
Method of contact with informant leading to search warrant (eg, phone call, mail, fax, email, etc)
Description of person search warrant executed on
Legal code of violation
Description of violation
Date of violation
If search warrant related to debt: name of company debt is owed to, amount owed
Whether FBI involved
ID associated with FBI document (eg, IR #)
Whether search warrant was cancelled
Whether contraband found
Whether narcotics found
The records responsive to this request are likely available in a database, or in some query-able format. If your department or agency does not have direct access to the records, please raise to the respective department that can run queries directly (eg, through SQL).
Should your agency not have all of the requested records within a single record or document, please either provide me as many record points as possible, or allow me an opportunity to narrow this request for the records that do exist. In other words, this request does not seek to play a game of battleship, and Iwould appreciate as much help that can be offered.
As the records responsive to this request are imperative for understanding how search warrants are executed, I ask that the public interest of these records be evaluated to the extent that the public's interest outweighs this request's burden. To add, this request is being sent to the largest city of every state and will be collated together to create a comprehensive map of search warrants throughout the US. As such, the records are not only important for understanding search warrants at a local level, but also at a national and state-wide level.
Please ensure that provided documents comply with Section 508, as these records will be shared with members of the public who are covered under the ADA. This guide should be helpful: https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/making-files-accessible/checklist/pdf/index.html
If this request was sent to the wrong department or agency, please let me know so that I can send to the correct place.
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 3 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Lucy Parsons Labs

We will send out the request to the appropriate department(s).  If you should have any questions or concerns about the requested documents, please feel free to contact the Fulton County Open Records team. If there should be a cost associated with the Open Records Request we will contact you in a timely manner.

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OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY 141 PRYOR STREET, S.W. SUITE 4038 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303

STEVEN ROSENBERG
OPEN RECORDS CUSTODIAN
TELEPHONE (404) 612-0259
FACSIMILE (404) 730 -6324




December 16, 2019
SENT VIA EMAIL:
Dear Requester Parsons:
This is to inform you that this request has been submitted to the Sheriff for review.  But due to the volume of the information you are seeking, you may want to reach out the Fulton County Magistrate Court for further assistance with the information you are requesting.  They can be reached here: https://www.magistratefulton.org/ (https://u8387795.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=Ow1KccipsoIsnXbuEgm-2FN3I9MA7qCSWbM475r2iAJ4Jj8GPIil4mf8LOQcXswF8L_BBVQX2tDuhYO2uxmvrGmsNLUhU3rusyJo-2FKQDYzydMLE3EowdHoQKlmYeM5Ji2FKKpN0-2Btv8F2A8Ut3icPliHTWlwVKwlBUExjha6DHCT27P-2BOipvrl2e6CEks7smPvH7gIDnSjQpSLFEKa5d2K-2FMkootC8HjJ0Cy1YGa7EN9-2Fwxq4Lrni0WUyUIChh-2FSv-2BpOKCEBg510eYeDBZd5EKgY8R2Jokt0ln1wyxJz-2BE6M0nJAe7rg0Wjo6vwonBYL6s5SAPW0EYTj6DyhcqOFxO801qrCBq4tAVkZqjYwqiTIyxBkRHxasr4UnMyMxjJE6iB2Uh43XYXlX-2FBkxh9vo-2BRrwLgmP0g82d35il51A4Nh1WqTVFuMOZnIqOcCOBJ8ye-2BzVgD-2FRnAMHFoSS61KhvfbZPjhbAuAfnUsPamBoGPZX0-3D)

Please feel free to contact me at (404) 612-0275 if you have any questions. Sincerely, Shana Eatmon
Legal Assistant
xc: Steven E. Rosenberg, Open Records Custodian
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OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY 141 PRYOR STREET, S.W. SUITE 4038 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303

STEVEN ROSENBERG
OPEN RECORDS CUSTODIAN
TELEPHONE (404) 612-0259
FACSIMILE (404) 730 -6324




December 20, 2019
SENT VIA EMAIL:
Dear Lucy Parsons:
This correspondence is in response to your Open Records Act Request Reference#: R007064-121619 dated December 16, 2019.  Your request sought the following: To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Georgia Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
For all search warrants, applications for search warrants, cancellations, and authorization for search warrants between 2012 to the date of processing this request, please provide the following points of record for each:
Full Name of requester
If arrest, arrest ID (eg some cities/states use, "Incident Report")
Reason(s) for search warrant (typically either hand-written, or checkboxes)
Badge ID (or similar) of requester
District/Unit
Name of Judge
Name of approving officer
Whether an Arrest happened
Requested location of search warrant
Location of search warrant execution
Type of search warrant
Statements used to justify search warrant
Time and date when search warrant was submitted for approval
Time and date when search warrant was executed
Whether anything was seized
Whether anything was found
License plate of vehicle (if relevant)
Race of person for search warrant
Age of person for search warrant
State of person for search warrant
Whether an informant was involved
Method of contact with informant leading to search warrant (eg, phone call, mail, fax, email, etc)
Description of person search warrant executed on
Legal code of violation
Description of violation
Date of violation
If search warrant related to debt: name of company debt is owed to, amount owed
Whether FBI involved
ID associated with FBI document (eg, IR #)
Whether search warrant was cancelled
Whether contraband found
Whether narcotics found
The records responsive to this request are likely available in a database, or in some query-able format. If your department or agency does not have direct access to the records, please raise to the respective department that can run queries directly (eg, through SQL).
Should your agency not have all of the requested records within a single record or document, please either provide me as many record points as possible, or allow me an opportunity to narrow this request for the records that do exist. In other words, this request does not seek to play a game of battleship, and Iwould appreciate as much help that can be offered.
As the records responsive to this request are imperative for understanding how search warrants are executed, I ask that the public interest of these records be evaluated to the extent that the public's interest outweighs this request's burden. To add, this request is being sent to the largest city of every state and will be collated together to create a comprehensive map of search warrants throughout the US. As such, the records are not only important for understanding search warrants at a local level, but also at a national and state-wide level.
Please ensure that provided documents comply with Section 508, as these records will be shared with members of the public who are covered under the ADA. This guide should be helpful: https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/making-files-accessible/checklist/pdf/index.html
If this request was sent to the wrong department or agency, please let me know so that I can send to the correct place.
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 3 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Lucy Parsons Labs
***** It has been determined that Fulton County Sheriff Office does not maintain documents or records that are responsive to this request. You may wish to contact the clerk of superior court.*****

Please feel free to contact me at if you have any questions. Sincerely, Samiyah Barnes 404-612-5329 Sheriff
xc: Steven E. Rosenberg, Open Records Custodian
Shana Eatmon, Legal Assistant
Unique Jones, Administrative Coordinator II
To monitor the progress, update this request, and retrieve responsive records, please log into the Fulton County Open Records Center. (https://u8387795.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=Ow1KccipsoIsnXbuEgm-2FN4OjjpaOTni1dw7ZZpYRHqcvgCfNYVRySRJK2HLMZoK1-2FGhDGE4WxNyNUQLDMwK0o2rlT0SaNWBWBuJRXKN75KO6fHBEsZnkB784ANYvOxRK_BBVQX2tDuhYO2uxmvrGmsNLUhU3rusyJo-2FKQDYzydMLE3EowdHoQKlmYeM5Ji2FKKpN0-2Btv8F2A8Ut3icPliHYlajoul-2BzmXNNa2M0z4Tuwb-2BfSKlI8s5nlDR5rnqWyj-2FqNkiinZ9VFDmGxK3fr-2BMdQicGz-2B-2FeyRO-2BEv5cmaiXhXzpMfd91Y7eOidQZ5dCt-2BRI-2FH2TJhrXjJzliuu6Ap9yE04BopeSnhbq0iAO2hgdv8OlIm03wjl7Gcz1c4065BMRksXq-2FMMlwkfz6P-2B9Us8O-2Fq5gVaMTI-2FYsyZ-2FTvr1o1us-2F-2FjrlcXm0uNAagHaYVwoImqtmkYhNLgo179X5S7iJ1IhzpoCMREx1ptAeaka-2B8YjQmKwkABKvebFWtWM4foKMOorSqavgp1bpkQK2nJ0uG2r2xnMD1I0PyptbOiqJ0-3D)