FOIA Request: Any emails to or from Steven Kory Flowers referencing the summer 2017 rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia

City of Greensboro PIRT System
Date/Time Requested: 08-09-2019 12:32
Your request has been submitted and is PIRT # 10206.
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Dear Requester,

In response to your public records request #10206 concerning any emails to or from Officer Steven Kory Flowers referencing the summer of 2017 white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia between June 1, 2017 and September 1, 2017, the City of Greensboro Information Technology Department will search the City's email archive for all emails responsive to your public records request. Please reply to this email with the following information:

We will search for the following words and phrases in the Subject and Contents fields of the emails:

"Unite The Right" OR "rally" OR "Antifa" OR "Ku Klux Klan" OR "Loyal White Knights" OR "Barker" - please confirm or modify

We will search for emails in the following City email accounts:

Steven.flowers@greensboro-nc.gov<mailto:Steven.flowers@greensboro-nc.gov> - please confirm or modify

We will search for emails in the following date range:

From June 1, 2017, through September 1, 2017 - please confirm or modify

We will use deduplication software that will remove all identical duplicate emails:

I approve/I do not approve.

Responsive emails and their attachments will be provided to you in a single Adobe PDF Portfolio file. We will indicate the number of responsive emails and the number of emails, if any, that are being withheld pursuant to exemptions to NCGS 132<https://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByChapter/Chapter_132.html>, North Carolina's Public Records law.

Your reply to this email is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your public records request.

Kurt Brenneman, PIRT Administrator
Libraries
219 N. Church Street
City of Greensboro
PO Box 3178, Greensboro, NC 27402-3178
Phone: (336) 373-3636; fax: (336) 333-6781
www.greensboro-nc.gov<http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/>

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Dear Requester,

Regarding your public records request #10206, you were sent the email below on August 12, 2019, explaining that further information was needed in order for us to continue processing your request.

To date, I have not received any communications from you providing the necessary information. This PIRT has been closed per lack of response. Pursuant to our PIRT policy, "The requester will be deemed unresponsive and his/her PIRT request will be closed if two weeks have passed (10 business days) and he/she has not responded to the PIRT Administrator's follow-up inquiry."

If you can supply the requested information, I will be happy to reopen your request, and provide you with the responsive records, in accordance with state law and the City's Public Records Policy.

Sincerely,

Kurt Brenneman, PIRT Administrator
Libraries
219 N. Church Street
City of Greensboro
PO Box 3178, Greensboro, NC 27402-3178
Phone: (336) 373-3636; fax: (336) 333-6781
www.greensboro-nc.gov<http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/>

Dear Mr. Breen,

Good morning! I re-opened your public records request #10206. I hope to respond by Thursday, January 2.

Sincerely,

Kurt Brenneman, PIRT Administrator
Libraries
219 N. Church Street
City of Greensboro
PO Box 3178, Greensboro, NC 27402-3178
Phone: (336) 373-3636; fax: (336) 333-6781
www.greensboro-nc.gov<http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/>

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Hello! Thank you for your email. I am sorry that we are taking so long to respond to PIRT #10206. I hope to send the records by the end of day on Friday, January 17.

Sincerely,

Kurt Brenneman, PIRT Administrator
Libraries
219 N. Church Street
City of Greensboro
PO Box 3178, Greensboro, NC 27402-3178
Phone: (336) 373-3636; fax: (336) 333-6781
www.greensboro-nc.gov<http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/>

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Dear Mr. Breen,

Hello! Thank you for your email and your patience. I am sorry it is taking us so long to respond to your request. We hope to have your request finished by Friday, January 31.

Sincerely,

Kurt Brenneman, PIRT Administrator
Libraries
219 N. Church Street
City of Greensboro
PO Box 3178, Greensboro, NC 27402-3178
Phone: (336) 373-3636; fax: (336) 333-6781
www.greensboro-nc.gov<http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/>

[Census Outlook Signature Graphic]<http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/Census>

Dear Requester,

In response to your public records request #10206 concerning emails to or from Officer Steven Kory Flowers referencing the summer of 2017 white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia between June 1, 2017 and September 1, 2017. Search terms should include "Unite The Right", "rally", "Antifa", "Ku Klux Klan", "Loyal White Knights", and "Barker," the City of Greensboro is still compiling responsive records. I am sorry that our response is taking longer than five business days, and thank you for your patience.

Thank you for your public records request,

Kurt Brenneman, PIRT Administrator
Libraries
219 N. Church Street
City of Greensboro
PO Box 3178, Greensboro, NC 27402-3178
Phone: (336) 373-3636; fax: (336) 333-6781
www.greensboro-nc.gov<http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/>

[Census Outlook Signature Graphic]<http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/Census>

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Please note that email sent to and from this address is subject
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Dear Requester,

In response to your public records request #10206 concerning emails to or from Officer Steven Kory Flowers referencing the summer of 2017 white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia between June 1, 2017 and September 1, 2017. Search terms should include "Unite The Right", "rally", "Antifa", "Ku Klux Klan", "Loyal White Knights", and "Barker," the City of Greensboro is still compiling responsive records. I am sorry that our response is taking longer than five business days, and thank you for your patience.

Thank you for your public records request,

Kurt Brenneman, PIRT Administrator
Libraries
219 N. Church Street
City of Greensboro
PO Box 3178, Greensboro, NC 27402-3178
Phone: (336) 373-3636; fax: (336) 333-6781
www.greensboro-nc.gov<http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/>

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Please note that email sent to and from this address is subject
to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.

Dear Requester,

In response to your public records request #10206 concerning any emails to or from Officer Steven Kory Flowers referencing the summer of 2017 white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia between June 1, 2017 and September 1, 2017. Search terms should include "Unite The Right", "rally", "Antifa", "Ku Klux Klan", "Loyal White Knights", and "Barker"., the City of Greensboro provides the attached eleven emails. The emails are redacted pursuant to NCGS 160A-168(c4)<https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bysection/chapter_160a/gs_160a-168.html>, which says, "Even if considered part of an employee's personnel file, the following information regarding any sworn law enforcement officer shall not be disclosed to an employee or any other person, unless disclosed in accordance with G.S. 132-1.4, or in accordance with G.S. 132-1.10, or for the personal safety of that sworn law enforcement officer or any other person residing in the same residence:

(1) Information that might identify the residence of a sworn law enforcement officer.

(2) Emergency contact information.

(3) Any identifying information as defined in G.S. 14-113.20."

The City of Greensboro denies access to 27 emails pursuant to NCGS 132-1.4(a)<https://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_132/GS_132-1.4.html>, which exempts records of criminal investigations and criminal intelligence information from North Carolina's Public Records law.

Information provided in a records request is subject to North Carolina's Public Records law<https://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByChapter/Chapter_132.html> and can be disclosed to any person. Information in your request is disclosed on our public records request portal<https://www.greensboro-nc.gov/government/public-records-requests> when your request is complete. This includes your name, e-mail address, your request, and any responsive records.

Thank you for your public records request,

Kurt Brenneman, PIRT Administrator
Libraries
219 N. Church Street
City of Greensboro
PO Box 3178, Greensboro, NC 27402-3178
Phone: (336) 373-3636; fax: (336) 333-6781
www.greensboro-nc.gov<http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/>

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