City Of Houston Homeless (Houston Legal Department)
| Multi Request | City Of Houston Homeless |
| Submitted | Aug. 11, 2019 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Chris Adkins
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
I request that a copy of the following documents and electronic communications of any and all policies, directives, or other guiding material containing any of the following information be provided to me regarding all of the following categories related homeless citizen in the City Of Houston : Police Interaction, Transportation, Housing, Arrest, legal prosecution.
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 10 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Chris Adkins
From: Houston Legal Department
Dear Mr. Adkins:
We are in receipt of your request. However, your request is overly vague. Please clarify what you mean by guiding materials. Are you referring to the enforcement of the categories you mentioned below? Furthermore, please provide us with a timeframe that you want this information.
Please note that Section 552.222(d) of the Texas Government Code authorizes the City to consider your public information request withdrawn as a matter of law if you do not respond in writing to this request for clarification within 61 days from the date of this correspondence.
Sincerely,
General Counsel Section
City of Houston Legal Department
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From: Chris Adkins
Thank you for the response. Yes, I am referencing the enforcement of those categories. I do not want to burden the department, I would consider 10 business days from 8/13/19 to be a reasonable amount of time. I would expect completion on 8/27/19.
From: Houston Legal Department
We apologize for the confusion, but when we asked for the timeframe that you want this information, we were asking if you are looking for records within a particular time period. For example, do you want records from this year or the last 5 years, etc.? Please clarify if there a particular time period that you are seeking records.
Please note that Section 552.222(d) of the Texas Government Code authorizes the City to consider your public information request withdrawn as a matter of law if you do not respond in writing to this request for clarification within 61 days from the date of this correspondence.
Sincerely,
General Counsel Section
City of Houston Legal Department
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From: Chris Adkins
Please include records dating back to January 1st, 2002.
From: Houston Legal Department
Dear Mr. Adkins:
Please see the attached letter pertaining to your request.
Sincerely,
General Counsel Section
City of Houston Legal Department
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From: Houston Legal Department
Dear Mr. Adkins:
The City of Houston Legal Department is in receipt of your request. Please note that we will be seeking a ruling from the Attorney General’s Office for the portion of responsive information that is housed in our department. However, please note that the Legal Department is not the custodian of records for a portion of the responsive information. This is to notify you that the Texas Public Information Act (Texas Gov't Code §552.301) requires requests for public information submitted by either facsimile or electronic mail to be submitted to the officer of public information (or the person designated by that officer) before they are to be considered proper written requests. Tex. Gov’t Code §552.301(c). The Legal Department is not the custodian of records for the General Orders that guide how Houston Police Department Officers should interact with homeless citizens.
You may want to forward your request for that portion of the responsive information to the Houston Police Department’s Office of Planning & Data Governance. Their email address is hpd.openrecords@houstonpolice.org<mailto:hpd.openrecords@houstonpolice.org>.
Sincerely,
General Counsel Section
City of Houston Legal Department
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From: Houston Legal Department
Dear Mr. Adkins:
Please see the attached letter pertaining to your request.
Sincerely,
General Counsel Section
City of Houston Legal Department
From: Houston Legal Department
Dear Mr. Adkins:
Please see the attached letters pertaining to your request.
Sincerely,
General Counsel Section
City of Houston Legal Department
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