Louisiana State Police Drone Documents

Mr. Musgrave, your request below has been forwarded to me for
consideration and response. Please be advised that requests of this
nature are governed by the Louisiana Public Records laws contained in La.
R.S. 44:1 et seq., and more particularly La. R.S. 44:3. I am in the
process of determining if our agency maintains any records responsive to
your request and further, if they are subject to release. I will contact
you soon to advise you of our response. Thanks.

Michele M. Giroir
Attorney Supervisor
(225) 922-2312
Fax (225) 925-4624

requests@muckrock.com
02/18/2013 04:00 AM

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Subject
Follow up to Freedom of Information Request: Louisiana State Police Drone
Documents

February 18, 2013
Louisiana State Police
Louisiana State Police Headquarters
7919 Independence Blvd
Baton Rouge, LA 70806

This is a follow up to a previous request:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 3, 2013. Please let me know
when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is
needed.

Thank you for your help.

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On Feb. 3, 2013:

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the the Louisiana Public Records Act, I hereby request the
following records:

1. any requests for proposals, proposals submitted by vendors, contracts,
budgets or cost allocations for the purchase, research of and/or use of
aerial drones, UAs, UAVs, and UASs (hereinafter ?drones?);

2. any policies, guidelines, manuals and/or instructions on institutional
use of drones, including on the legal process required (such as a warrant
or court order), if any, before operating a drone;

3. any departmental records concerning this institution's use of and/or
research of drones now or plans to use drones in the future including:

a. the types of investigations or instances in which this department is
using or plans to use drones, or how it plans to support, manage or
oversee the usage of drones by another department or office;

b. policies, guidelines, manuals and/or instructions on storage
requirements or procedures for video or static images obtained through use
of drones, including retention times;

c. the altitude at which drones can or do fly;

d. drones? ability to carry weapons.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this
request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made
available to the general public free of charge as part of the public
information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the
news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for
commercial usage.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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,

Shawn Musgrave

Filed via MuckRock.com
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Re: Request for Records- Aerial Drones, Uas, UAVs, and UASs

Dear Mr. Musgrave:

Please find attached the letter in response to your request regarding the
above captioned matter. The original will follow via U.S. mail.

The request has been rejected as being too vague, burdensome or otherwise unprocessable.