Open Records Request: 1033

Your request has been submitted,your request number is OTHE16629623.

You can check your request status by going to http://gadps-eports.net and entering your request number in the search bar.

You will receive an email once your request has been completed

Here is the DPS Charging Chart for your reference https://dps.georgia.gov/charging-fees-open-records-requests

Thank you
Open Records Unit
Georgia Department of Public Safety

Good afternoon,
We are in receipt of your open records request. DPS will seek reimbursement for reasonable fees pursuant to our charging chart and consistent with Georgia law. For fee information, please see O.C.G.A. §50-18-71. If the costs exceed $25.00, we will wait for your agreement to pay the estimated costs before completing the request. Please see O.C.G.A. §50-18-71(d). Our policies are available online. Please go to https://dps.georgia.gov/department-public-safety-policies<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fdps.georgia.gov%2fdepartment-public-safety-policies&c=E,1,r7Cz8De-6sc6YsVAwB6FSkR_36pXoyZcPbPCGX9jIRCApYM3iA0WJIMtR0ijOluKgbhHGCzeDZ2uzoSbGaErgyE3EMo_WL93qmABAht9gSA9JNccs0pP&typo=1>. Regarding the remainder of your request, we anticipate providing a copy of any available, releasable records within three weeks.
Thank you,
Nkenge Green
Attorney Manager, Open Records Unit
Legal Division
Georgia Department of Public Safety
959 United Avenue SE
Atlanta, Georgia 30316
Phone: 404-624-7591
Fax: 404-624-7529
ngreen@gsp.net<mailto:ngreen@gsp.net>

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https://eports.gamccd.net/orportal

Good afternoon,

Your request is in progress. The 1033 program is over twenty years old and there are over 300 agencies enrolled. Please consider narrowing your request to a particular agency or consider providing a timeframe.

As it stands, it will take a minimum of eight hours to manually go through hundreds of documents to determine #1 which agencies have participated in the program. The production tasks will be charged at $25.00 ($200.00) plus $.25 per page if redactions are required. The charges provided are not copy fees. They constitute a sum which is lower than the pro-rated salary for search, retrieval, review, redaction, and production by each of the lowest paid full-time employees who, in the reasonable discretion of DPS, has the necessary skill and training to locate and provide responsive documents in each category listed. Please see O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71(c)(1).

Regarding #2 “documents sufficient to show all Annual Certifications completed between 10/1/22-10/31/22 and 10/1/21-10/31/21, according to the terms listed on the Georgia Department of Public Safety website” we have no available, releasable documents responsive to your request.

We have 23 pages of documents that are responsive to #3 “documents constituting, reflecting, relating to or that contain current use policies if any for each type of 1033-program controlled equipment, including situations or circumstances in which use is authorized or prohibited”. The cost is $5.75.

Prepayment is required for DPS to begin production because MuckRock has outstanding charges for this Department’s prior production of documents. See O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71(d).

Please advise if you want to narrow #1 to timeframe or agency or let us know if you intend to pay a minimum of $200.00 for the production tasks. We will then provide a time estimate once the records are pulled along with an updated invoice if redactions are required. Once that invoice is paid, we will provide a time estimate and begin redacting the records. Lastly, please advise if you want you only want to pay $5.75 for #3.

Please let us know if you are revising #1, paying a minimum of $200.00 for #1, paying $5.75 for #3 or $205.75 for both #1 and #3 so we may prepare an invoice. If we don’t hear from you within two weeks, this request will be closed.

Thank you,

Nkenge Green
Attorney Manager, Open Records Unit
Legal Division
Georgia Department of Public Safety
959 United Avenue SE
Atlanta, Georgia 30316
Phone: 404-624-7591
Fax: 404-624-7529
ngreen@gsp.net<mailto:ngreen@gsp.net>

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https://eports.gamccd.net/orportal

Good morning,

Your request has been reopened and it is complete. The cost is $5.75. To pay via a credit or debit card please use our EPORTs system (www.gadps-eports.net<http://www.gadps-eports.net>) and reference the ORU# OTHE16629623. Or you may mail a check or money order along with the attached invoice to:

Georgia Department of Public Safety
Attention: Open Records Manager
PO Box 1456
Atlanta, GA 30371

Please make sure to reference your check with ORU# OTHE16629623.

Note:

• Payment must be received within two weeks in lieu of applicable statutory penalties. See O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71(d).

• The charges provided are not copy fees. The charges provided constitute a sum which is lower than the pro-rated salary for search, retrieval, review, redaction and production by each of the lowest paid full-time employees who, in the reasonable discretion of the Department, has the necessary skill and training to locate and provide responsive documents in each category listed. See O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71(b)(3).

• The charges provided constitute an automatic 15-minute reduction in each category of fees, which assures that such flat-fees are well-below the statutory guideline.

Thank you,

Nkenge Green
Attorney Manager, Open Records Unit
Legal Division
Georgia Department of Public Safety
959 United Avenue SE
Atlanta, Georgia 30316
Phone: 404-624-7591
Fax: 404-624-7529
ngreen@gsp.net<mailto:ngreen@gsp.net>

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https://eports.gamccd.net/orportal