FOIA - ISP - Crime Hot Spot Maps
| Tracking # |
19-3942 |
| Submitted | Dec. 27, 2019 |
| Est. Completion | Jan. 13, 2020 |
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From: J Ader
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records:
All copies of Illinois State Police's crime Hot Spot maps created from June 1st, 2019 to the date of this request (December 27th, 2019).
The Department of Justice's Strategies for Policing Innovation initiative describes crime Hot Spots in the following document: http://strategiesforpolicinginnovation.com/sites/default/files/spotlights/SPI-2019-HotSpots-v1.pdf
From the above: "Hot spots are small geographic units with high rates of activity that demand some sort of police response. There is no singular definition of “small units” or “high rates.” These small units can range in size from individual addresses or buildings to single street segments (i.e., both sides of a street from intersection to intersection) to very small groups of street segments with similar policing problems, such as a drug market. What is important is that these geographic areas are all smaller than the geographic units that police departments typically use for dividing up patrol resources (e.g., patrol beats, zones, sectors). Hot spots are often referred to as micro places because of their small size and to differentiate them from larger geographic units such as communities, districts, and neighborhoods."
Thus I am specifically looking for any maps pertaining to your agency's identified "crime and disorder" Hot Spots within the mentioned time-frame.
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 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
J Ader
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 27, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Illinois State Police
Dawn M. Beckman
Illinois State Police
Legal Office/FOIA Coordinator
Dawn.Beckman@illinois.gov<mailto:Dawn.Beckman@illinois.gov>
217-782-8025
State of Illinois - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged or attorney work product, may constitute inside information or internal deliberative staff communication, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. Receipt by an unintended recipient does not waive attorney-client privilege, attorney work product privilege, or any other exemption from disclosure.
From: Illinois State Police
The Illinois State Police (“ISP”) acknowledges receipt of your FOIA request. PLEASE REFER TO FOIR #19-3942 IN ALL FUTURE CORRESPONDENCE.
Your FOIA request is being processed. There are several steps involved in this process including determining
whether the appropriate sections of the ISP have any records that are responsive to your request. Afterwards, a
determination is made on whether the records can be released or are exempt under the Freedom of Information
Act, 5 ILCS 140/1 et. seq. If only a portion of the records can only be released, the remaining records are
redacted to remove certain exempt information. Unfortunately, this entire process takes a significant amount of
time.
We apologize for the delay in responding to your request. Last year, we receive more than 3,800 FOIA
requests. The FOIA Department has been under staffed, but is in the process of hiring and training new staff.
Again, we are sorry for the delay. Thank you for your patience.
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From: Illinois State Police
J. Ader:
The Illinois State Police ("ISP") acknowledges receipt of your request for public records pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq. (See attached request).
I have attached a response to your FOIA request.
Thank you.
Jessica Marcolini
FOIA Legal Office
Illinois State Police
Ph: 217-782-1241
State of Illinois - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged or attorney work product, may constitute inside information or internal deliberative staff communication, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. Receipt by an unintended recipient does not waive attorney-client privilege, attorney work product privilege, or any other exemption from disclosure.
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