swat- kansas highway patrol
| Submitted | June 16, 2015 |
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From: Jonathan Mummolo
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Kansas Open Records Act (K.S.A. 45-215), I hereby request the following records:
1. All incident reports or other records documenting each time your agency's S.W.A.T. team (sometimes called a police paramilitary unit) was deployed.
2. In the event such records are not kept, I request a list of the dates of deployment of the agency's S.W.A.T. team during this period.
3. In the event these records/dates are not available for the entire time period covering this request, I request you supply the above information for the period covering the present back to as long as such records/information are available.
This request is being made for academic, not commercial, purposes.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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 3 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Mummolo
Stanford University
Dept. of Political Science
From: Jonathan Mummolo
To Whom It May Concern:
This is an addendum to the public records request I submitted on 6/16/2015, copied below. Please note that this public records request refers to the time period 1995 to present. If records during part of that time period are not available, I request that you fulfill my request for all available dates in that time period. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Mummolo
Stanford University
Dept. of Political Science
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Original Request:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Kansas Open Records Act (K.S.A. 45-215), I hereby request the following records:
1. All incident reports or other records documenting each time your agency's S.W.A.T. team (sometimes called a police paramilitary unit) was deployed.
2. In the event such records are not kept, I request a list of the dates of deployment of the agency's S.W.A.T. team during this period.
3. In the event these records/dates are not available for the entire time period covering this request, I request you supply the above information for the period covering the present back to as long as such records/information are available.
This request is being made for academic, not commercial, purposes.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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 3 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Mummolo
Stanford University
Dept. of Political Science
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 16, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
From: Kansas Highway Patrol
An interim response, stating the request is being processed.
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 16, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
From: Cheryl Bukacek
Mr. Mummolo,
This is a status report on your KORA request for our agency’s SWAT records from 1995 to the present. We are still have your request. Unfortunately our Agency’s Legal Counsel/Official Records Custodian is currently out of the office. Upon her return she will review your request.
Thank you
Cheryl Bukacek
Public Service Administrator II / Records Manager
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From: Cheryl Bukacek
Mr. Mummolo,
This is in response to your KORA request for a copy of:
1). All incident reports or other records documenting each time your agency's S.W.A.T. team (sometimes called a police paramilitary unit) was deployed.
2). In the event such records are not kept, I request a list of the dates of deployment of the agency's S.W.A.T. team during this period.
3). In the event these records/dates are not available, for the entire time period covering this request, I request you supply the above information for the period covering the present back to as long as such records/information are available.
The incident reports regarding our agency's Special Response Team (S.R.T.) deployments are considered criminal investigation records and are not subject to disclosure. Pursuant to K.S.A. 45-217(c), a public agency is not required to release the disclosure of criminal investigation records. Further information regarding the closure of the records may be obtained from the Kansas Attorney General's website at www.ksag.org.
A document listing the Kansas Highway Patrol S.R.T. deployment dates from years 2000 to 6-25-2015 is available. The reproduction cost for the document is as follows:
* "K.H.P. S.R.T. Deployment Dates", 3 pages @ $.50 per page = $1.50
Upon receipt of your payment, the document will be mailed to your office. The acceptable forms of payment are: exact cash, check or money order made payment to the Kansas Highway Patrol. Please send your payment to the following address:
Kansas Highway Patrol
Cheryl Bukacek
708 S. W. Jackson
Topeka, KS 66603
Thank you
Cheryl Bukacek
Public Service Administrator / Records Manager
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Original Request:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Kansas Open Records Act (K.S.A. 45-215), I hereby request the following records:
1. All incident reports or other records documenting each time your agency's S.W.A.T. team (sometimes called a police paramilitary unit) was deployed.
2. In the event such records are not kept, I request a list of the dates of deployment of the agency's S.W.A.T. team during this period.
3. In the event these records/dates are not available for the entire time period covering this request, I request you supply the above information for the period covering the present back to as long as such records/information are available.
This request is being made for academic, not commercial, purposes.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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 3 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Mummolo
Stanford University
Dept. of Political Science
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On June 16, 2015:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Kansas Open Records Act (K.S.A. 45-215), I hereby request the following records:
1. All incident reports or other records documenting each time your agency's S.W.A.T. team (sometimes called a police paramilitary unit) was deployed.
2. In the event such records are not kept, I request a list of the dates of deployment of the agency's S.W.A.T. team during this period.
3. In the event these records/dates are not available for the entire time period covering this request, I request you supply the above information for the period covering the present back to as long as such records/information are available.
This request is being made for academic, not commercial, purposes.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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 3 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Mummolo
Stanford University
Dept. of Political Science
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