Cannabis Arrest ,Citations & Memos (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 2/22/2022 and given the reference number P020131-022222 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:

All internal memos related to Cannabis or Marijuana
Including digital media, paper copies or pamphlets, as well as out reach material

In addition Summary of arrest or citation issued through January 1st 2021- February 19th 2022 for marijuana & or cannabis

We are also seeking any data in regards to arrest Or citation issued

Gender
Age
Ethnicity

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,

Jordan Lassiter

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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.

If you have not received any response and at least 10 days have passed since submission, feel free to contact the Public Access Counselor to check the status.  Additionally, if you have general questions about the Indiana Access to Public Records Act, please contact the Public Access Counselor at any time.

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

Hello,

I reached out to the person assigned to your request, and will let you know when I receive an update.

Thanks,

Misty L. Mercer |Deputy Chief Counsel—Counseling
Office of Corporation Counsel | 200 E. Washington St. | Suite 1601 | Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317.327.4055 | Fax: 317.327.3968 | Email: Misty.Mercer@indy.gov<mailto:Misty.Mercer@indy.gov>

Hello,

I have forwarded your message to the person assigned your request. She should provide an update to you soon. If you do not hear from her within 2 business days, please let me know.

Thank you,

Misty L. Mercer |Deputy Chief Counsel—Counseling
Office of Corporation Counsel | 200 E. Washington St. | Suite 1601 | Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317.327.4055 | Fax: 317.327.3968 | Email: Misty.Mercer@indy.gov<mailto:Misty.Mercer@indy.gov>

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Good morning,
I apologize in the delay of your request. We have been short staffed, but, this is now on my radar.
Thank you!

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Good afternoon,
I am processing old requests. Are you still needing this data?
Thank you.