2021 United States Capitol attack and other 'protests' (Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department)

Emma North-Best filed this request with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department of Indianapolis, IN.

It is a clone of this request.

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P017254-090221

Multi Request 2021 United States Capitol attack and other 'protests'
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From: Emma North-Best

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Indiana Access to Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Records regarding the potential for violence, unrest, criminal activities or other disturbances associated with protests or other activities on either January 5 or January 6, 2021 at local, regional or national events. This request includes but is not limited to inter-departmental communications, situational reports, bulletins and other documents.

I am a member of the news media and request classification as such. I have previously written about the government and its activities, with some reaching over 100,000 readers in outlets such as Gizmodo, MuckRock, Motherboard, Property of the People, Unicorn Riot, and The Outline, among others. As such, as I have a reasonable expectation of publication and my editorial and writing skills are well established. In addition, I discuss and comment on the files online and make them available through non-profits such as the library Internet Archive and the journalist non-profit MuckRock, disseminating them to a large audience. While my research is not limited to this, a great deal of it, including this, focuses on the activities and attitudes of the government itself. As such, it is not necessary for me to demonstrate the relevance of this particular subject in advance.

As my primary purpose is to inform about government activities by reporting on it and making the raw data available, I request that fees be waived.

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 7 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Emma North-Best

From: Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department

Thank you for your interest in public records of the City of Indianapolis and Marion County.

This message acknowledges your request has been received and is being processed in accordance with the Indiana Access to Public Records Act, Indiana Code chapter 5-14-3-1, et. seq ("APRA"). Your request was received in this office on 9/2/2021 and given the reference number P017254-090221 for tracking purposes.

You requested the following records: "To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Indiana Access to Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Records regarding the potential for violence, unrest, criminal activities or other disturbances associated with protests or other activities on either January 5 or January 6, 2021 at local, regional or national events. This request includes but is not limited to inter-departmental communications, situational reports, bulletins and other documents.

I am a member of the news media and request classification as such. I have previously written about the government and its activities, with some reaching over 100,000 readers in outlets such as Gizmodo, MuckRock, Motherboard, Property of the People, Unicorn Riot, and The Outline, among others. As such, as I have a reasonable expectation of publication and my editorial and writing skills are well established. In addition, I discuss and comment on the files online and make them available through non-profits such as the library Internet Archive and the journalist non-profit MuckRock, disseminating them to a large audience. While my research is not limited to this, a great deal of it, including this, focuses on the activities and attitudes of the government itself. As such, it is not necessary for me to demonstrate the relevance of this particular subject in advance.

As my primary purpose is to inform about government activities by reporting on it and making the raw data available, I request that fees be waived.

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 7 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Emma North-Best

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Your request will be forwarded to the relevant city or county agency for review and a determination of whether there are public records responsive to your request and, if so, whether those public records are disclosable to you. The city or county agency will contact you concerning your request and inform you whether there are public records responsive to your request, if all or part of those public records are not disclosable to you, and the statutory basis for any denial. Information pertaining to any copying fees that may be related to obtaining copies will be provided. Please Note: With respect to public records requests that include e-mail communications, we want to make you aware that these requests generally take longer than requests for other types of information.  First, the City/County receives a large number of requests for email communications, not just public records requests but also related to legal proceedings.  We rely upon our information technology agency to perform these searches and that agency runs these searches (based  upon reasonably particular search terms as set forth by the State Public Access Counselor) in the order in which the requests are received.  Once the email search is completed, there must also be a review of the content of the email communications to ensure that they are not only responsive to your request but also disclosable.  Finally, disclosable email communications will be produced after this review and if we do not disclose all or part of these email communications, we will provide the statutory bases for such denials as required under the APRA.

The APRA requires public agencies to produce responsive and disclosable public records, should they exist, within a reasonable time based upon the circumstances.   Please allow the agency time to review and process your request.  Depending on the nature of the request, this may be several days.

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You may reach the Public Access Counselor at 317.327.4055 or PAC@indy.gov. (mailto:PAC@indy.gov)

Thank you,

City of Indianapolis and Marion County

From: Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department

Good morning,

We are still working to complete your request.

Thank you,

Jennifer Seeber
Paralegal, IMPD Legal Unit
Office of the Chief

200 E. Washington Street, Suite E201A
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 327-3745
Jennifer.Seeber2@indy.gov

From: Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department

Good morning,

Your request is still in process.

Thank you,

Jennifer Seeber
Paralegal, ADA Coordinator
IMPD Legal Unit
Office of the Chief

200 E. Washington Street, Suite E201A
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 327-3745
Jennifer.Seeber2@indy.gov

From: Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department

It looks as though our response was sent on 09/20/2021.

I have attached it here.

Jennifer Seeber
Paralegal, ADA Coordinator
IMPD Legal Unit
Office of the Chief

200 E. Washington Street, Suite E201A
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 327-3745
Jennifer.Seeber2@indy.gov

From: Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department

I apologize. That was the incorrect response. I do see your request here. It does seem to have been opened but we have not received a response yet. I will send secondary messages out to see what I can find out about the delay.

Thank you for your continued patience.

Jennifer Seeber
Paralegal, ADA Coordinator
IMPD Legal Unit
Office of the Chief

200 E. Washington Street, Suite E201A
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 327-3745
Jennifer.Seeber2@indy.gov

From: Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department

I apologize. This request somehow was not assigned to me. I will begin processing this request for you.

Thank you.

Jennifer Seeber
Paralegal, ADA Coordinator
IMPD Legal Unit
Office of the Chief

200 E. Washington Street, Suite E201A
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 327-3745
Jennifer.Seeber2@indy.gov

From: Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department

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Good afternoon,
I am sincerely sorry for the extreme delay in this matter. Unfortunately, somehow the system marked this request as closed, therefore, it was filed away and we did not know it was unfulfilled. I will be working diligently to get the requested information for you in this matter.
Thank you.

From: Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department

Good morning,

I have sent a follow up email to my Sgt on this matter.

Thanks.

Jennifer Seeber
Paralegal | ADA Coordinator
IMPD Legal Unit
Office of the Chief

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
50 N. Alabama, Suite E201A
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 327-3745
Jennifer.Seeber2@indy.gov<mailto:Jennifer.Seeber2@indy.gov>

From: Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department

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For interdepartmental communications, who are you requesting emails from?
Thank you.

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