Local level SAEC policies/data (Kennewick Police)
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| Tracking # |
L001990-100218 |
| Multi Request | Local level SAEC policies/data |
| Submitted | Oct. 1, 2018 |
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From: Paxtyn Merten
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any and all statistics, data, reports, audits, policies, and procedures pertaining to the following items regarding sexual assault evidence collection (SAEC) kits — also known as "rape kits":
• All standard operating procedures regarding the SAEC process
• Any written policies or procedures regarding department practices on the acquisition or handling of rape kit evidence, including protocols for its collection, testing, and delegation and transfer to all other relevant locations, laboratories, or agencies
• The number of kits collected and booked into evidence from the period of January 1, 2000 through the date this request is processed
• The number of kits that have been processed by a public or private crime or forensic laboratory or equivalent processing location from the period of January 1, 2000 through the date this request is processed
• The number of unprocessed kits in any storage facilities currently under the department’s jurisdiction and control, including those held by medical personnel or at external laboratory locations
• Any materials regarding the status or ultimate disposition of cases in which a kit was collected. Please include all available segregable data.
• All audits involving this agency regarding the collection or backlog of SAEC kits
• All proposed alterations or yet-to-be-implemented changes to the policies and procedures regarding the collection, testing, and use of SAEC kits
If there any questions about this request, please feel free to call us at the MuckRock office at 617-299-1832.
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 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Paxtyn Merten
From: Kennewick Police
Dear Paxtyn Merten,
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From: Kennewick Police
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From: Kennewick Police
Dear Paxtyn,
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From: Kennewick Police
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Paxtyn Merten
RE: PUBLIC DISCLOSURE REQUEST L001990-100218; Installment #1:
Greetings:
The Kennewick Police Department has compiled 206 records/files with 1,271 pages to include 53 scanned documents responsive to your 10/2/2018 2:20:49 PM Public Disclosure Request seeking:
Washington State recently passed legislation approving an amended fee schedule that now incorporates charges for electronic records released under the Public Records Act. The City of Kennewick fee schedule is .5 cents/4 electronic files released. Therefore, with this request, your payment of $7.88 is required.
The Kennewick Police Department is located at 211 West Sixth Avenue, Kennewick, WA 99336 and our lobby is open Monday - Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Your payment may be made in person (cash, check, card) or by mail (check sent to my attention). The records, redaction log and receipt will be provided to you within three business days once payment has been received.
Your request will remain open pending payment through November 9, 2018. Without your payment by this date the request will be automatically closed as an abandoned request. We will begin work on the second installment only after this first installment is fully conveyed . Due to the volume of anticipated records and the amount of staffing resources to adequately research the remainder of your request which consist of 971 case report files (without attachments and the remaining 487 emails), we are requiring a deposit of $1.83 before we begin work on this second installment. This is 10% of our anticipated copy charge and is permitted under WAC 44-14-07006, RCW 42.56.120(4) and KMC 1.40.090(5). We anticipate a 30 day response time for installment #2. Based on our staffing resourses and other core work needing to be accomplished, we believe there to be 10 installments remaining.
Please keep in mind records are maintained in accordance with the state retention scheduled and may not be available for a future submission should you abandon this request. Also, requestors who fail to pay for their requests are required to pay deposits for all future requests in accordance with RCW 42.56.120.
If you have any questions or need further assistance with this request, please contact kpdinfo@ci.kennewick.wa.us or (509) 585-4208. (mailto:kpdinfo@ci.kennewick.wa.us)
Sincerely, Lezlie Arntz Records Bureau Supervisor
Please be sure to review our public records policy NOTE:
which contains important information about how the City administers public records requests, the rights of requestors, and the obligations of each party. (via this link) To monitor the progress or update this request please log into the
Public Records Center. (https://u8387795.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=Ow1KccipsoIsnXbuEgm-2FN3JuwNVrtzykdPzG5zQVHCdQ0iTnzPeBuOYXYD40XdxYXS8fQM6jgNETxfsCDfAD0UofjKVnsEybS-2FPJZSBzCkV5rdb7o29Of64BOHO4qh4Z_oUwpbb-2FSp06TSVHIiS52OFHo9UpFNqc0BBb1j3MqTm8gUiBHLT2QSohrajMRzr-2Fp7o7MfXnXaSvQPW-2BKdXO7MeR3IwIUHJX5HTbpwFG4FVKVDaRz-2BmHjYx-2BhiKRtl4VZkU9DOVC-2BGYEE-2FRE2pqb3ZwP7wlRppgcs4tS3uC-2FyRfxW8q8RxDOPAxAUpT02yX5ISacLp4OHzaKUZqQ2vG9jyMOxQVezoSHge9ectlO79sZmQOL-2B6JaaVUfp0WCUEXoWAeSehEa0BPxsB9HgQUThEiOIs-2FdT0lj-2FOgj8TTMQbs9yxtmkBS37Ej8OBWdXCTDVP2wuVhRcbqQFZMQM3UEIDeurkwhH-2FeUmKpIWZCu-2FYR65l9UsttozC5s-2Bsen8O5kLROyTZhm-2FPT1cpKi2uCO3wg-3D-3D)
From: Kennewick Police
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Paxtyn Merten
RE: PUBLIC DISCLOSURE REQUEST L001990-100218; Installment #1:
Greetings:
The Kennewick Police Department has compiled 206 records/files with 1,271 pages to include 53 scanned documents responsive to your 10/2/2018 2:20:49 PM Public Disclosure Request seeking:
Washington State recently passed legislation approving an amended fee schedule that now incorporates charges for electronic records released under the Public Records Act. The City of Kennewick fee schedule is .5 cents/4 electronic files released. Therefore, with this request, your payment of $7.88 is required.
The Kennewick Police Department is located at 211 West Sixth Avenue, Kennewick, WA 99336 and our lobby is open Monday - Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Your payment may be made in person (cash, check, card) or by mail (check sent to my attention). The records, redaction log and receipt will be provided to you within three business days once payment has been received.
Your request will remain open pending payment through November 9, 2018. Without your payment by this date the request will be automatically closed as an abandoned request. We will begin work on the second installment only after this first installment is fully conveyed . Due to the volume of anticipated records and the amount of staffing resources to adequately research the remainder of your request which consist of 971 case report files (without attachments and the remaining 487 emails), we are requiring a deposit of $1.83 before we begin work on this second installment. This is 10% of our anticipated copy charge and is permitted under WAC 44-14-07006, RCW 42.56.120(4) and KMC 1.40.090(5). We anticipate a 30 day response time for installment #2. Based on our staffing resourses and other core work needing to be accomplished, we believe there to be 10 installments remaining.
Please keep in mind records are maintained in accordance with the state retention scheduled and may not be available for a future submission should you abandon this request. Also, requestors who fail to pay for their requests are required to pay deposits for all future requests in accordance with RCW 42.56.120.
If you have any questions or need further assistance with this request, please contact kpdinfo@ci.kennewick.wa.us or (509) 585-4208. (mailto:kpdinfo@ci.kennewick.wa.us)
Sincerely, Lezlie Arntz Records Bureau Supervisor
Please be sure to review our public records policy NOTE:
which contains important information about how the City administers public records requests, the rights of requestors, and the obligations of each party. (via this link) To monitor the progress or update this request please log into the
Public Records Center. (https://u8387795.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=Ow1KccipsoIsnXbuEgm-2FN3JuwNVrtzykdPzG5zQVHCdQ0iTnzPeBuOYXYD40XdxYXS8fQM6jgNETxfsCDfAD0UofjKVnsEybS-2FPJZSBzCkV5rdb7o29Of64BOHO4qh4Z_oUwpbb-2FSp06TSVHIiS52OFHo9UpFNqc0BBb1j3MqTm8gUiBHLT2QSohrajMRzr-2Fp7o7MfXnXaSvQPW-2BKdXO7MeR3IwIUHJX5HTbpwFG4FVKVDaRz-2BmHjYx-2BhiKRtl4VZkU9DOVC-2BGYEE-2FRE2pqb3ZwP7wlRppgcs4tS3uC-2FyRfxW8q8RxDOPAxAUpT02yX5ISacLp4OHzaKUZqQ2vG9jyMOxQVezoSHge9ectlO79sZmQOL-2B6JaaVUfp0WCUEXoWAeSehEa0BPxsB9HgQUThEiOIs-2FdT0lj-2FOgj8TTMQbs9yxtmkBS37Ej8OBWdXCTDVP2wuVhRcbqQFZMQM3UEIDeurkwhH-2FeUmKpIWZCu-2FYR65l9UsttozC5s-2Bsen8O5kLROyTZhm-2FPT1cpKi2uCO3wg-3D-3D)
From: Paxtyn Merten
To Whom It May Concern:
Please find enclosed a check for $7.88 to satisfy the fee associated with the attached public records request.
Thank you.
From: Kennewick Police
Attachments:
WHERE_ARE_MY_FILES.pdf (https://kennewickwa.mycusthelp.com/WEBAPP/_rs/DownloadItemFile.aspx?iid=DaiWX2IAYKA=&ofid=KOHV3LjokygnnysyEw2tBy0Uo@@12LnOREHQztD3Sx4yaQ=&cid=7JAAyX1Iw6A=)
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Paxtyn Merten MuckRock News
RE: PUBLIC DISCLOSURE REQUEST L001990-100218; CASE #:
Greetings:
The Kennewick Police Department has completed its search for records responsive to your October 02, 2018 public disclosure request stating, Transmitted to you today via the records portal are 5 attachments which were identified as responsive to your request.
You'll need to log in to your customer account to access the records (please refer to the attached instructions if needed). Your records are not attached to this email. These files will not be available indefinitely. Therefore, you'll want to save them to your own files so that you may access them when needed. The Department will routinely purge files once retention has been met without advance notice to customers. We have made a diligent and good-faith effort to locate all responsive records and our search is complete. No documents have been withheld based on a claim of statutory exemption and no information has been redacted from the documents that have been made available to you. We will not continue with the email scrub as you did not remit payment for the deposit of any further installments. With transmittal of these records this request is considered satisfied and closed. This is our final and definite response. Pursuant to RCW 42.56.120 and the City’s Public Records Policy, the Department is not obligated to fulfill the balance of requests whenever a customer fails to claim or review records. Without your timely review of these records within 30 days the Department will automatically consider your request abandoned. Thank you for your patience while we worked to satisfy your request. Please address questions or concerns to or 509-585-4208 (mailto:kpdinfo@ci.Kennewick.wa.us) kpdinfo@ci.Kennewick.wa.us direct replies to this message will not be delivered to our office ). However, any new requests for additional information, changes to the records requested under this request and other such modifications must be submitted as a new records request.
Thank you, Lezlie Arnt
Records Bureau Supervisor
Kennewick Police Department
NOTE: Please be sure to review our public records policy which contains important information about how the City administers public records requests, the rights of requestors, and the obligations of each party. (via this link)
To monitor the progress or update this request please log into the
Public Records Center. (https://kennewickwa.mycusthelp.com/WEBAPP/_rs/RequestEdit.aspx?rid=8214&coid=)
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