Drone and UAV acquisition, policy, and use (Iowa State Patrol)

Beryl Lipton filed this request with the Iowa State Patrol of Iowa.
Multi Request Drone and UAV acquisition, policy, and use
Submitted Aug. 5, 2020
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From: Beryl Lipton

Subject: Iowa Open Records Law Request: Drone and UAV acquisition, policy, and use (Iowa State Patrol)

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All documents created from January 2010 through the date this request is processed related to the agency's use of airborne tools, vehicles, and weapons: aerial drones, remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs), remotely piloted aircraft (RPAs), unmanned aerials (UAs), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and/or unmanned aerial systems (UASs)(hereinafter “drones”).

Please search specifically records in each of the below document categories. A response to each of the categories and items would be appreciated.

ACQUISITION AND PROCUREMENT
i) requests for proposals (RFPs), proposals/quotes submitted by vendors, contracts, leases, budget requests, project/equipment budgets, cost allocations or reimbursements for the purchase of drone equipment;
ii) Grant applications and award letters for drone equipment purchases;
iii) Insurance contracts for all drone equipment;
iv) Communications (including electronic communications) between the agency head or agency quartermaster (or individual responsible for equipment purchases and maintenance) and drone vendors, manufacturers or retailers;
v) Communications (including electronic communications) between the agency head and agency quartermaster (or individual responsible for equipment purchases and maintenance) regarding acquisition, lease or use of drone equipment;
vi) Communications (including electronic communications) between the agency head and the governor, mayor and city/town manager regarding the acquisition of drones;

AUTHORIZATION
vii) Applications (including all components and support documentation) for Certificates of Waiver/Authorization (COA) from the Federal Aviation Administration, as well as COA grant notifications and final agreement;
viii) Contracts for services related to drones, such as data storage, data analysis, image storage, image analysis, video storage, video analysis, operation, maintenance;

EQUIPMENT LOGS and ADD-ONS
i) Inventories/logs/lists/databases of all drones owned, leased or operated by or for the agency;
ii) Maintenance logs for all drones owned, leased or otherwise operated by or for the agency;
iii) records and logs related to any attachments or additional equipment used or designed to be used with the drones, including all license plate readers, video cameras, thermal cameras, data storage, Stingrays or cell phone simulators, etc.

POLICIES AND GUIDANCE
i) Policies, guidelines, protocols, manuals and/or instructions on the use/operation of drones and usage of data, images and video obtained from drone flights;
ii) Communications from the agency head, quartermaster (or individual responsible for overseeing equipment purchases and maintenance) on approved uses for drones;
iii) Memorandums of understanding (MOUs), memorandums of agreement (MOAs) or any other agreements or contracts with other government agencies, private corporations, organizations or individuals to share drone equipment, data, images or video or to operate drones on behalf of the agency;

TRAINING DOCUMENTS
i) Curriculum used to train drone operators and observers;
ii) Training log for all drone operators and observers;
iii) Certifications of training completion for all drone operators and observers;
iv) Contracts, purchase orders, budget requests or reimbursement orders for training sessions for all drone operators and observers;

USE DOCUMENTS AND DATA
i) Flight logs for all drone flights, including training flights;
ii) Flight logs transmitted to the Federal Aviation Administration pursuant to Certificate of Waiver/Authorization (COA) requirements;
iii) Reprimands relating to drones, including misuse of equipment and failure to properly maintain equipment.

This request is being made by a reporter as part of a journalistic investigation. It is being submitted to your agency at the suggestion of a MuckRock reader from your community, part of a project to better understand uses of police force nationwide. This has been of public interest for many years and is of particular interest to the public following the widely-seen death of George Floyd and subsequent First Amendment-protected demonstrations and public discussion. There is no commercial interest in making this request or in receiving responsive records.

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,

Beryl Lipton

From: Iowa State Patrol

Subject: RE: [External Email Alert]Iowa Open Records Law Request: Drone and UAV acquisition, policy, and use (Iowa State Patrol)

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Beryl Lipton,

I am responding to your request that was received on August 10, 2020. The recent request you sent today had a date of August 5, 2020. If you did send the first request on August 5th, this request was not received and I do apologize.

We are currently working to fill the request dated August 10th, however the person that has the information you requested has been out of the office and unavailable. I have made contact with him and he will be in the office next week. We would like to request an extension to your request, with the expectation to have a response to you by September 4th, 2020.

Respectfully,

Alex
Sergeant Alex Dinkla «188«
Public Information Officer
Oran Pape State Office Building
215 East 7th Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Work Cell (515) 443-6644
Office (515) 725-6189
dinkla@dps.state.ia.us<mailto:dinkla@dps.state.ia.us>
Twitter: @SergeantDinkla

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From: Iowa State Patrol

Subject: RE: [External Email Alert]RE: Iowa Open Records Law Request: Drone and UAV acquisition, policy, and use (Iowa State Patrol)

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Please find the attached documents per your request.

Respectfully,
Alex

Sergeant Alex Dinkla «188«
Public Information Officer
Oran Pape State Office Building
215 East 7th StreetDes Moines, Iowa 50319
Work Cell (515)443-6644
Office (515)725-6189
dinkla@dps.state.ia.us<mailto:dinkla@dps.state.ia.us>
Twitter: @TrooperDinkla

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From: Beryl Lipton

Subject: RE: Iowa Open Records Law Request: Drone and UAV acquisition, policy, and use (Iowa State Patrol)

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Hello Sergeant Dinkla,

Thank you very much for your clear response to my request. I really appreciate it! I'm wondering: did I miss the "FAA Emails" attachment?

I'll let you know if I have other questions. Thanks, again, so much for the easy response.

Have a great weekend,
Beryl

From: Iowa State Patrol

Subject: RE: [External Email Alert]RE: Iowa Open Records Law Request: Drone and UAV acquisition, policy, and use (Iowa State Patrol)

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Please find the attached files per your request.

Respectfully,
Alex

Sergeant Alex Dinkla «188«
Public Information Officer
Oran Pape State Office Building
215 East 7th Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Work Cell (515) 443-6644
Office (515) 725-6189
dinkla@dps.state.ia.us<mailto:dinkla@dps.state.ia.us>
Twitter: @SergeantDinkla

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