JTFF - Louisiana State Police
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| Submitted | Oct. 25, 2019 |
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From: Freddy Martinez
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Louisiana Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:
For the last five years, I am requesting documents between East Baton Rouge Sheriff and the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. The FBI states “Today, in addition to FBI personnel, the JTTFs include members from over 500 state and local agencies and 55 federal agencies” (Source: https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism/joint-terrorism-task-forces )
Documents sufficient to show how many officers are in JTFF.
Rosters of any Louisiana State Police who are in the JTFF.
Training documents in possession of the Louisiana State Police related to the JTFF.
Any MOUs, MOAs or IGAs between Louisiana State Police and the FBI's JTFF.
Any MOUs, MOAs or IGAs between Louisiana State Police and other FBI taskforces.
Any MOUs, MOAs or IGAs between Louisiana State Police and DHS agencies or components.
Please be aware that this request is being made by Open the Government, a nonprofit organization. You may contact me at (202) 332-6736 with any questions about the scope of this request.
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,
Freddy Martinez
From: Louisiana State Police
Good afternoon,
Attached is a copy of the initial response for your public records request regarding Louisiana State Police Joint Terrorism Task Force records. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office.
Sincerely,
Nikita Garner
Paralegal 1, Office of Legal Affairs
Department of Public Safety
Ph: 225-925-7877
Fax: 225-925-4624
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Louisiana Public Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 25, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Louisiana State Police
Mr. Martinez:
An initial response to your public records request was forwarded to you on October 28, 2019. I have conferred with my client in providing this response. In your public records request, you request the following:
"For the last five years, I am requesting documents between East Baton Rouge Sheriff and the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force. The FBI states "Today, in addition to FBI personnel, the JTTFs include members from over 500 state and local agencies and 55 federal agencies" (Source: https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism/joint-terrorism-task-forces<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.fbi.gov_investigate_terrorism_joint-2Dterrorism-2Dtask-2Dforces&d=DwQFaQ&c=xlPCXuHzMdaH2Flc1sgyicYpGQbQbU9KDEmgNF3_wI0&r=lqrb89W33dttJeG7UTHszjKMxDBJv7VoOykh4LGjBOI&m=Yli7Snc9jSzIsoeykU2OdCt0uvOdnkN00uXYRBm1rG4&s=d0ECXlsxToDVusGeL1_cgE9OpyE_gtz3ThTbRoa7N08&e=> )
Documents sufficient to show how many officers are in JTFF.
Rosters of any Louisiana State Police who are in the JTFF.
Training documents in possession of the Louisiana State Police related to the JTFF.
Any MOUs, MOAs or IGAs between Louisiana State Police and the FBI's JTFF.
Any MOUs, MOAs or IGAs between Louisiana State Police and other FBI taskforces.
Any MOUs, MOAs or IGAs between Louisiana State Police and DHS agencies or components."
The nature of the records you seek necessarily implicate whether certain investigative techniques are being used and implicate security procedures. As such, your request is denied pursuant to La. R.S. 44:3(A)(3), which specifically exempts from the public records "records containing security procedures, investigative training information or aids, investigative techniques, investigative technical equipment or instructions on the use thereof, criminal intelligence information pertaining to terrorist-related activity, or threat or vulnerability assessments collected or obtained in the prevention of terrorist-related activity, including but not limited to physical security information, proprietary information, operational plans, and the analysis of such information, or internal security information."
If you have any questions, please contact me at (225) 925-6177 or email at adrienne.aucoin@la.gov<mailto:adrienne.aucoin@la.gov>.
Thanks,
Adrienne
Adrienne E. Aucoin
Attorney Supervisor
DPS/Office of Legal Affairs
P.O. Box 66614
Baton Rouge, LA 70896
Direct: 225.925.6177
Office Cell: 225.252.9444
Facsimile: 225.925.4624
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