Operations legend inventory logs (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 10/26/2020 and given the reference number P010509-102620 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:

1) All contracts, memorandums of understanding, or comparable documents entered into with the U.S. Department of Justice or its component agencies (FBI, ATF, DEA, Marshals) regarding the Operations Legend program. (https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/operation-legend-update-federal-charges)

2) An inventory of all equipment transferred to your department through the Operations Legend program. If this information is not contained within a single document, I ask that you provide me records documenting each individual equipment intake.

I ask that all fees be waived for this request as I am a journalist and I intend to use the requested public records to publish articles in the public interest and not for any commercial purpose.

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,

Todd Feathers

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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

Attachments:
MOU-_US_Attorneys_office.pdf (https://u8387795.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=nZGH0ylxadMp5hTpNkeAFuGVIHfU7Wqlyw3SLAWoj-2B51xEaZ8aYGxGUFMeKm2T1zhGlqN3Rca-2B4lQyCwuxGhBHrS-2FavnbP9Sm2HU-2F-2BMgz1Bm-2BClwJjDPJBOmeu0XLwN3OXkrw8K6Purd8u-2FKEKXH9CnDMjfd9EauqqBobaKC3y6oyzt9wV8EFvU4MQglNBWaXRy2fLlnI0y0SM9DSr4CbQ-3D-3DLVjQ_hDYIE6rxTsHNt1dVEb29TT2GLwltUrVIXm79AOG7IZmINOKUUP99EFrWfqY-2B1-2B9jYDxhJV3CYH7ziyNob0csaz1oJDuRH78v7fMJoXevMCK3I0nJwJSb-2FJLG21bJLloKloUYUGpXfqUOlywJDDyDV66ZkI8R2O-2FOLLHEnEzLpvpNQbqKBs-2FzN0ILxB12hbCuXLH9v6BlXCHpQCe-2B1ayZ6sBCDXixLsZtw-2BWoesya6pgHJet3Lq5loBrUQm3dYvPgjRx9YkdbBLuTMaW0-2B-2FxuCS1Bfg3dj5Po12Om2PzLMmlHxtMZaYbJjLbPDiSNIWjtBvVlp-2Fu9j3zKFCVSIHceSSgJC55t6zBn0IcGOi1r-2BSg2Kq2b7-2BidWOT3JGdxhZnN9QcJ35qaMCY78R1Drb-2FbWA-3D-3D)

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Mr. Feathers,
Please find attached the responsive document to your request.
Thank you,
Tiffany Diefenderfer
Executive Assistant