Foundation documents with regard to the MCSO "cold case posse"

Mike Davis filed this request with the Maricopa County Sheriff of Maricopa County, AZ.
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From: Mike Davis

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs. 39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, I hereby request the following records:

This FOIA request is seeking supporting documentation on the authorization, creation and legal basis under which the "cold case posse" operated
as well as any documents regarding its legal obligations, emails regarding its legality and legality of 509c3 fund raising and its ultimate decomissioning.

Lastly any documents or email with regard to the authority and budget of the "cold case posse" itself.

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 would request your response within ten (10) business days.

Sincerely,

Mike Davis

From: Ana Gonzalez - SHERIFFX

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has received your request for public records and is processing your request. All requests are processed in the order in which they are received, and no requests are prioritized by deadline date. Please understand that on average it takes us 4 to 8 weeks to process, redact, and prepare for release any records that are found in response to requests. Some requests, especially for new reports and large requests will take longer than 8 weeks. You will be notified once records are made available for you to pick up or if no records are found.

Thank you
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

From: Ana Gonzalez - SHERIFFX

Hello,

Your request is still being process.

Thank you,

Ana Gonzalez
Office Assistant Specialized
Command Operations
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
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From: Mark Casey - SHERIFFX

Mr. Davis,

We continue to search for records responsive to your request. When that search is completed and if/when we have something to present, we will let you know. We are working to have this request completed ASAP, though I have no specific day/date for its completion.

Thank you.

Mark Casey
Director of Public Information
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
Office - 602-876-1803
Mobile - 602-397-6224
m_casey@mcso.maricopa.gov

From: Mark Casey - SHERIFFX

Mr. Davis,

We continue to search for records responsive to your request. When that search is completed and if/when we have something to present, we will let you know. We are working to have this request completed ASAP, though I have no specific day/date for its completion.

Thank you.
Mark Casey
Director of Public Information
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
Office - 602-876-1803
Mobile - 602-397-6224
m_casey@mcso.maricopa.gov

From: Sofia Murta - SHERIFFX

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has a public record's request ready for your pick up. This request will be available Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m, excluding holidays. Your records will be available for review or purchase for the next 30 business days from the date of this notice.

Your records can be picked up at the Sheriff's Office headquarters at 550 W. Jackson, Phoenix AZ 85003.

Requestor: Mike Davis
Date of release: 03/31/17
Subject of your request: Foundation documents MCSO cold case posse
Cost to Purchase(Exact Change - Cash or Check only): $41.00
Items released:
In response to the January 27, 2017, Public Records Request from Mike Davis for documents relating to Cold Case Posse, the following document(s) are provided:

Record/Document Description Pages/Qty
CD - Emails Regarding the Cold Case Posse* 1 CD
CD - Press Releases Regarding the Cold Case Posse 1 CD
MCSO Policy and Procedures - Sheriff's Posse Program, GJ-27 8 Pages
By Laws - Cold Case Posse 15 Pages

*In processing the public records request, the MCSO Legal Liaison Section with the assistance of Director Casey with the Media Relations Unit established a list of the following MCSO personnel who may have emails responsive to this request and whose emails were ultimately searched:

* Gerard Sheridan

* Travis Anglin

* David Trombi

* Amy Lake

* Chris Hegstrom

* Paul Chagolla

* Joseph Arpaio

* John MacIntyre

* Mike Zullo

* Ben Henry

Please note that Hawaii Department of Health Records were removed from the records being provided. The requester may want to contact their office to obtain any record(s) pertinent to this request.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office does not release applicant records due to privacy and confidentiality reasons. See Scottsdale Unified School Dist. No. 48 v. KPNX Broad. Co., 191 Ariz. 297, 301, 955 P.2d 534, 537 (1998)

After a thorough search of MCSO records was conducted, no financial records related to the Cold Case Posse were found. Also, the MCSO does not budget for posse programs, including the Cold Case Posse. Lastly, the MCSO has no involvement with the application for, or maintenance of posses' non-profit status.

The fee breakdown for completed requests are as follows:

Documents: $5.00 for first 10 pages & $.50 for each additional page

CD's: $15.00 each

*Please Note: Documents are available for 30 business days from the date of this notice to be picked up and/or reviewed. After 30 business days has elapsed, the request will be closed and the documents destroyed. In order to obtain requested documents after the 30 business days, a new public records request will have to be resubmitted and reprocessed. All requests are handled in the order they are received.

From: MuckRock.com


To Whom It May Concern:

Please find enclosed a check for $41.00 to satisfy the fee associated with the attached public records request.

Thank you.

From: Maricopa County Sheriff

A copy of documents responsive to the request.

From: Sofia Murta - SHERIFFX

Good morning,

We did received your check; your paperwork, CD's along with your receipt were mailed out on Friday afternoon. I'm thinking that by the end of the week you should be receiving them.

Thank you.

Sofia Murta
Media Relations
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
550 W. Jackson St.
Phoenix, AZ 85003

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