Southern Nevada Automatic License Plate Readers (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
| Tracking # |
NPR2021-0010691 |
| Multi Request | Southern Nevada Automatic License Plate Readers |
| Submitted | March 8, 2021 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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Communications
From: Wesley Juhl
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Nevada Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
• Number, if any, of License Plate Readers owned by this department or agency, including the manufacturer and whether a data storage package has been provided by the manufacturer.
• Any documents or correspondence during the period encompassing this request regarding possible or planned acquisition of License Plate Readers.
• Any existing or proposed usage policies regarding the use of License Plate Readers, including protocols, training documents, data storage procedures and prohibited activities.
I'm looking for documents and data for the years 2018, 2019, and 2020.
Please notify me when this information is available.
Thank you for your attention to this request and for your prompt reply within 5 days.
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,
Wesley Juhl
From: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Hello Wesley Juhl,
Public Record Request Title
Public Record Request - Wesley Juhl ?
Public Record Request #
NPR2021-0010691?
Name of Requestor
Wesley Juhl?
Status
Submitted?
Request Submitted Date
3/11/2021 5:00 PM?
Your Public Record Service Request has been successfully submitted. You will be notified by email if more information or payment is required and when your request is completed. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department - Public Records Unit hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, Nevada Day, the day after Thanksgiving and December 24th. Any public record requests made outside of normal business hours will be deemed received the next business day. At any time, you may monitor the status of your request by logging into your Public Records portal account.
***Please note that holidays that fall on a Saturday or Sunday will be observed the preceding Friday or the following Monday. There are 12 holidays that LVMPD observes throughout the year. Based on this information, adjust your request accordingly.
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Thank you,
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
400 S. Martin L. King Boulevard
Las Vegas, Nevada 89106
702-828-7489
Monday-Friday 8am to 5pm
From: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Good morning Juhl,
My name is Mike Twomey and I am the detective assigned to verify or deny requestors access to the LVMPD media portal. I see that you are the communications manager for the Las Vegas ACLU. I also see that you have recently published articles in the Las Vegas Review Journal and have in the past published in the NY Times. Because of all the aforementioned accomplishments I have no problem granting you access. On your request you failed to fill out the section that asks for the company name of your media affiliation. Can you please advise who you primarily write for and I will fill that section in and grant your access.
Thanking you,
Mike Twomey
Detective Michael Twomey-Walsh P#6501
Office of Gereral Councel (OGC)
LVMPD PRU (Public Records Unit)
M6501T@lvmpd.com
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From: Wesley Juhl
Hi Detective Twomey-Walsh!
Thank you for your response. I'm using the MuckRock system for these records requests, so I did not see the form you are referring to. I am still with the ACLU of Nevada, so I would list that as my primary affiliation.
Looking forward to your response. Thanks again!
From: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Dear Wesley Juhl,
This correspondence is in reference to your Nevada Public Records Act Request NPR2021-0010691 regarding the "number, if any, of License Plate Readers owned by this department or agency, including the manufacturer and whether a data storage package has been provided by the manufacturer. Any documents or correspondence during the period encompassing this request regarding possible or planned acquisition of License Plate Readers. Any existing or proposed usage policies regarding the use of License Plate Readers, including protocols, training documents, data storage procedures and prohibited activities".
Your request for "Number, if any, of License Plate Readers owned by this department or agency, including the manufacturer and whether a data storage package has been provided by the manufacturer." There are 16 fixed cameras and Vigilante Solutions is the vendor for hardware and data storage.
Your request for "any documents or correspondence during the period encompassing this request regarding possible or planned acquisition of License Plate Readers" is vague and overbroad for "correspondence".
A public entity need not produce records that are not readily available and would require research, compilation and redaction to produce. See Lunney v. State, 418 P.3d 943, 954 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2017) (recognizing that the agency was not required to respond to the burdensome request); Shehadeh v. Madigan, 996 N.E.2d 1243, 1249 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013) (holding that the Attorney General satisfied its burden by explaining that its staff members would have to go through all of the 9,200 potentially responsive documents by hand); Beckett v. Serpas, 112 So.3d 348, 353 (La. App. Ct. 2013) (determining that segregating 10-years worth of files is unreasonably burdensome); Community Youth Athletic Ctr. v. City of Nat'l City, 164 Cal.Rptr.3d 644, 676, 220 Cal.App.4th 1385, 1425 (2013) (generally, an agency is not required to undertake extraordinarily extensive or intrusive searches, and in general, the scope of an agency's search for public records need only be reasonably calculated to locate responsive documents) .
To determine if producing documents "poses an unreasonable administrative burden," courts consider whether the general presumption in favor of disclosure is overcome by: "(1) the resources and time it will take to locate, compile, and redact the requested materials; (2) the volume of materials requested; and, (3) the extent to which compliance with the request will disrupt the agency's ability to perform its core functions." Lunney, 418 P.3d at 954; cf. NAC 239.860 (defining "readily available" for purposes of State agencies as records that are "easily retrievable," "not confidential," and having a "nature...such that an officer, employee or agent of the agency...is not required to review the record to determine whether the record includes confidential information").
Your request for "any existing or proposed usage policies regarding the use of License Plate Readers, including protocols, training documents, data storage procedures and prohibited activities" has been researched and the responsive document(s) have been uploaded to the portal.
Your request for "documents and data for the years 2018, 2019, and 2020" is vague and overbroad.
In sum, please clarify or reformulate your request to narrow the focus to records that are readily available.
Sincerely,
Public Records Unit
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
400-A South Martin L. King Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada 89106
( 702.828.7489 office
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From: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Hello Wesley Juhl,
Public Record Request Title
Public Record Request - Wesley Juhl ?
Public Record Request #
NPR2021-0010691?
Name of Requestor
Wesley Juhl?
Status
Complete?
Request Submitted Date
3/11/2021 5:00 PM?
Your Public Record Service Request has been completed. Please login to our Public Records portal at the link below to collect the records you've requested. Records will be available for 14 days. If you have requested Body Camera Video, you may be contacted with additional instructions for downloading.
https://lvmpd-portal.dynamics365portals.us/<https://lvmpd.microsoftcrmportals.com>
Thank you,
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
400 S. Martin L. King Boulevard
Las Vegas, Nevada 89106
702-828-7489
Monday-Friday 8am to 5pm
From: Wesley Juhl
To whom it may concern:
I am writing in search of responsive documents related to my previous request, Nevada Public Records Act Request NPR2021-0010691. The documents were not uploaded to Muckrock, the system I am using, and were purged from your online portal before I was able to access them.
For ease of reference, the part of the request that seemed to yield responsive documents was my request for "any existing or proposed usage policies regarding the use of License Plate Readers, including protocols, training documents, data storage procedures and prohibited activities". I am happy to re-send the original request if necessary.
Thanks!
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Nevada Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 8, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #NPR2021-0010691.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Nevada Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 8, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #NPR2021-0010691.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Nevada Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 8, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #NPR2021-0010691.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Good morning Wesley,
Please submit your request via our online portal at www.lvmpd.com<http://www.lvmpd.com>
Click on:
-Online Services
-Public Records Request
Or you can click on this link: https://lvmpd-portal.dynamics365portals.us/
Thank you,
LVMPD Office of Public Information
(702) 828-4083
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From: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Good morning Wesley,
Please call Public Records Unit at (702) 828-7489.
Thank you,
LVMPD Office of Public Information
(702) 828-4083
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