Mobile Phone Forensics Tools (Memphis Police Department)

Curtis Waltman filed this request with the Memphis Police Department of Memphis, TN.
Tracking #

W007711-030718
Submitted March 29, 2017
Status
Rejected

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From: Curtis Waltman

Subject: Public Records Act Request: Mobile Phone Forensics Tools (Memphis Police Department)

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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to Tennessee's Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

The following request is in regards to mobile phone forensics tools such as devices made by the company Cellebrite, IP Box made by MDSec, Secure View by Susteen Inc., Kessler Innovations products, Binary Intelligence products or analysis programs such as those produced by COMPELSON Labs or the XRY software by MSAB.

-Contractual documents. Examples of this are invoices, purchases orders, contracts, loan agreements, procurement documents etc.
-Records of communication with the domains CellebriteUSA.com, investigation.com, or mdsec.net from either the chief of police or head of procurement.
-guidelines and/or internal policy on the use of mobile phone forensics tools and software
-Any utilization logs for these tools

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 7 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Curtis Waltman

From: Muckrock Staff

Subject: RE: Public Records Act Request: Mobile Phone Forensics Tools (Memphis Police Department)

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To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following request, copied below. 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: Memphis Police Department

Subject: Public Records Request :: W007711-030718

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Mr. Waltman:

We have received your request for a public record. It is our goal to respond to these requests as soon as possible or within 5 business days. However, please note that certain requests may take longer to process due to the size of the records requested or current request volumes. Your request has been given the following reference number W007711-030718 for tracking purposes.

Record Requested: To Whom It May Concern:Pursuant to Tennessee's Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:The following request is in regards to mobile phone forensics tools such as devices made by the company Cellebrite, IP Box made by MDSec, Secure View by Susteen Inc., Kessler Innovations products, Binary Intelligence products or analysis programs such as those produced by COMPELSON Labs or the XRY software by MSAB.-Contractual documents. Examples of this are invoices, purchases orders, contracts, loan agreements, procurement documents etc.-Records of communication with the domains CellebriteUSA.com, investigation.com, or mdsec.net from either the chief of police or head of procurement.-guidelines and/or internal policy on the use of mobile phone forensics tools and software-Any utilization logs for these toolsThe 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 7 business days, as the statute requires.Sincerely,Curtis WaltmanFiled via MuckRock.comE-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com

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From: Memphis Police Department

Subject: Public Records Request - FOIA :: W007711-030718

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03/07/2018

Mr. Curtis Waltman
411A Highland Ave
Somerville MA 02144-2516

RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST of 3/7/2018, Reference # W007711-030718

Dear Mr. Waltman,

The City received a public records request from you on 3/7/2018. Your request mentioned “To Whom It May Concern: Pursuant to Tennessee's Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
The following request is in regards to mobile phone forensics tools such as devices made by the company Cellebrite, IP Box made by MDSec, Secure View by Susteen Inc., Kessler Innovations products, Binary Intelligence products or analysis programs such as those produced by COMPELSON Labs or the XRY software by MSAB.
-Contractual documents. Examples of this are invoices, purchases orders, contracts, loan agreements, procurement documents etc.
-Records of communication with the domains CellebriteUSA.com, investigation.com, or mdsec.net from either the chief of police or head of procurement.
-guidelines and/or internal policy on the use of mobile phone forensics tools and software
-Any utilization logs for these tools
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 7 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Curtis Waltman
Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com”

The City has reviewed your request and has determined that the records requested are exempt from disclosure for the following reasons: Per the law in Tennessee at T.C.A. 10-7-503(a)(2)(A), municipal records will "be open for personal inspection by any citizen of this state...." [Emphasis added]. It appears from your contact information that you are not a Tennessee resident therefore this request is denied due to lack of residency. This completes your public records request with the City of Memphis.

Sincerely,

Public Records Office
City of Memphis

From: Memphis Police Department

Subject: RE: Public Records Act Request: Mobile Phone Forensics Tools (Memphis Police Department)

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Dear Curtis Waltman,

In response to your email below, the Public Records Office has no prior record of receiving this request. This request was uploaded immediately upon receipt. Please use the link below to login to My FOIA Center for the appropriate response that was sent. Your user name is your email address. The password to access your online public records request account including a welcome email was sent to your email from an auto-generated email <memphistn@mycusthelp.net<mailto:memphistn@mycusthelp.net>>. For future reference, please direct all City of Memphis public record requests to the openrecordsrequests@memphistn.gov<mailto:openrecordsrequests@memphistn.gov> email, via the online public records requests portal link below, or mail your request(s) to Public Records Office, 125 N. Main St. Suite 290, Memphis TN 38103.

https://www.memphistn.gov/government/communications

March 6, 2018

This is a follow up to a previous request:
This request was originally submitted via email. It was never acknowledged. Due to issues with the original communication method, we are now directing this request to you.
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following request, copied below. 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.

Filed via MuckRock.com
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Lemeka L. Hoof
Public Record Request Coordinator
City of Memphis Public Records Office
Office: 901-636-6511
Direct: 901-636-6232

From: Memphis Police Department

Subject: Important Information Regarding Memphis Public Records Account

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Below you will find your current login and password information:
Login: requests@muckrock.com
Password: f2d6881d50


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Subject: Thank you for registering with the City of Memphis!

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Dear Mr. Waltman, Thank you for registering with the City of Memphis.

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From: Memphis Police Department

Subject: Follow-up for MuckRock Public Records Requests

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Good afternoon Mr. Curtis Waltman,

In response to your open records follow-up request (see the attached file labeled 'SKM_C458020031616080.pdf') which was forwarded to Officer Brownlee, our records indicate that all (4) of the requests you referenced which were submitted by various MuckRock Staff members were denied due to lack of residency pursuant to T.C.A. § 10-7-503(a)(2)(A). No adequate proof of Tennessee citizenship was submitted with these requests. Please see the attached responses which were delivered to the email addresses shown in the document titles after the underscore. Additionally, the public records request tracking number assigned to these requests beginning with W precedes the underscore.
Best regards,
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Lemeka L. Hoof
Public Records Coordinator Lead
125 North Main Street
Suite 200
Memphis, TN 38103
901-636-6511
901-636-6232 (o)
lemeka.hoof@memphistn.gov

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