Citizen App Communications with Long Beach Police Department (CA)

Dear Greg Buhl:
Pursuant to California Government Code § 6253, staff will review your request and respond within 10 days to notify you if there are responsive records, or if an extension is necessary to determine if responsive records exist.

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Thank you for your interest in public records of the Long Beach Police Department. Your request has been received and will be processed in the order it was received. Your request was received in this office on 5/23/2021 and given the reference number P006657-052321 for tracking purposes.

Records Requested: "To LBPD,

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act I am requesting the following records:

-Any emails, communications, or marketing materials received from representatives of the Citizen App.

The materials likely would have come from an “@citizen.com” email address or from the company “sp0n, Inc.” which originally launched the app as “Vigilante” before rebranding after being removed from the Apple app store for encouraging vigilantism (occasionally against innocent people).

The documents may also have come into your possession through other means such as conferences or the LBPD’s task forces with the LAPD who have been working with the company as shown by the leaked emails in the article below.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7evbx/citizen-app-private-security-leaked-emails

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter in the time frame set out in the CPRA.
Greg Buhl

Lead Researcher at CheckLBPD.org

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Dear Mr. Buhl,
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Thank you.