Ralph Yarl

Hannah Beckler filed this request with the Kansas City Police Department of Kansas City, MO.
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From: Hannah Beckler

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the The Missouri Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:

I am requesting the following records generated on April 13th 2023 until the date this request is processed concerning the shooting of Ralph Yarl in Kansas City, Missouri at 1100 NE 115th Street, Kansas City, MO, 64155:

- Incident report(s)
- 911 call log(s)
- CAD report(s) generated from the address of the shooting incident from the year 2020 until the date this request is processed
- 911 call audio recording(s)
- Body worn camera footage recorded by officers at the scene of the incident

If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me if the cost will exceed $10. However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest. The release of the information is for non-commercial purposes. I am a researcher for Insider, a news organization based in New York City, whose mission is journalism in the public interest. This request is for news gathering purposes. I, or my colleagues at Business Insider or Insider, will use the records to inform the public through our reporting. I therefore request a waiver of all fees and charges pursuant to the Missouri Sunshine Law.

In conducting your search, please use the most recent technologies and tools available. ​​When completing this request, please prioritize whichever records would take the least amount of time to be located and released (rather than prioritizing whichever records are named first). Also, please release documents on a rolling basis, as they become available. If any part of our request is determined by your organization to be exempt from disclosure, please release any segregable non-exempt portions. If your organization determines that such segregation is impossible, please indicate why this is technically the case. If my request is denied in whole or part, I ask that you justify all deletions by reference to specific exemptions of the Missouri Sunshine Law. If you claim such an exemption to my request under the Missouri Sunshine Law, please cite in writing the specific statutory exemption. I reserve the right to appeal your decision to withhold any information or to deny a waiver of fees.

Please produce these records in the electronic format (as excel file (.xlsx) or other database form, or as .pdfs) and share them with me via email at nparakul@insider.com, if possible.

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 3 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Hannah Beckler

From: Kansas City Police Department

Hannah, please see answers below in red following your questions,

Jake

"On April 19, 2023:
Subject: The Missouri Sunshine Law Request: Ralph Yarl
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the The Missouri Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:

I am requesting the following records generated on April 13th 2023 until the date this request is processed concerning the shooting of Ralph Yarl in Kansas City, Missouri at 1100 NE 115th Street, Kansas City, MO, 64155:

- Incident report(s) The police incident report is not complete and approved for reproduction yet, once approved it will only include the date/time/location/immediate facts, nothing more per missouri sunshine law 610.100, more information than that has already been released.
- 911 call log(s) this is a supplemental report and not available per Missouri 610.100 in an ongoing investigation
- CAD report(s) generated from the address of the shooting incident from the year 2020 until the date this request is processed There are no other reports at that address except for the one involving the assault in question
- 911 call audio recording(s) 911 audio is a closed record per Missouri sunshine law 610.150
- Body worn camera footage recorded by officers at the scene of the incident this is closed record per Missouri Sunshine Law 610.100 in an ongoing investigation, further since the case is charged any inquiry should be directed to the prosecutors office

If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me if the cost will exceed $10. However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest. The release of the information is for non-commercial purposes. I am a researcher for Insider, a news organization based in New York City, whose mission is journalism in the public interest. This request is for news gathering purposes. I, or my colleagues at Business Insider or Insider, will use the records to inform the public through our reporting. I therefore request a waiver of all fees and charges pursuant to the Missouri Sunshine Law.

In conducting your search, please use the most recent technologies and tools available. ​​When completing this request, please prioritize whichever records would take the least amount of time to be located and released (rather than prioritizing whichever records are named first). Also, please release documents on a rolling basis, as they become available. If any part of our request is determined by your organization to be exempt from disclosure, please release any segregable non-exempt portions. If your organization determines that such segregation is impossible, please indicate why this is technically the case. If my request is denied in whole or part, I ask that you justify all deletions by reference to specific exemptions of the Missouri Sunshine Law. If you claim such an exemption to my request under the Missouri Sunshine Law, please cite in writing the specific statutory exemption. I reserve the right to appeal your decision to withhold any information or to deny a waiver of fees.

Please produce these records in the electronic format (as excel file (.xlsx) or other database form, or as .pdfs) and share them with me via email at nparakul@insider.com, if possible.

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 3 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Hannah Beckler"

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