Police Messaging Apps Post-TigerText Scandal

Dear Greg Buhl:
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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 P006646-052321 for tracking purposes.

Records Requested: "Dear LBPD:

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I would like to request the following records:

-Any reports that can be generated showing which, if any, messaging applications have been downloaded onto LBPD devices (including, but not limited to the Signal application)

-Any documents communicating to officers a list of banned applications on LBPD mobile devices and computers,

***This request can be contrused to ignore TigerText disappearing messaging application use that occured in 2018 or in years earlier, and be construed to be a request for information on any applications LBPD officers may have switched to after abandoning TigerText.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.

I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 days.

Sincerely,

Greg Buhl
Lead Researcher @ CheckLBPD.org

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