Milwaukee Police Department Employee Emails Regarding Investigation Number 162180075

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Wisconsin Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

All emails and email attachments sent or received by any person(s) employed by the Milwaukee Police Department from July 01, 2016 through May 10, 2020 that concern Jason Steven Jankowski and/or Milwaukee Police Investigation Number 162180075. This includes emails & email attachments exchanged between any Milwaukee Police Department Employee and any of the following individuals:
---Any and all Complainants
---Any and all Witnesses
---Anybody employed by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office, including both prosecutors and advocates
---Any and all Third Parties acting on behalf of any Complainant or Witness

My investigation into this matter has revealed that the following Milwaukee Police Department employees sent and/or received emails & email attachments between the dates of July 01, 2016 through May 10, 2020 which are responsive to this request:
---Milwaukee Police Officer Andrew Wagner
---Milwaukee Police Officer Rodney Viverette
---Milwaukee Police Sergeant Vickie Gagliano
---Milwaukee Police Lieutenant Thomas Welch
---Milwaukee Police Sergeant Halamas (first name unknown)
---Any other Milwaukee Police Department Employee who sent/received an email or attachment Jason Steven Jankowski or Investigation #162180075 between the dates of July 01, 2016 through May 10, 2020

Upon information and belief, the email accounts for the above identified Milwaukee Police Department employees contain emails & email attachments relating to Jason S. Jankowski and/or Milwaukee Police Department Investigation Number 162180075. As such, a search of these employees’ email accounts will produce records responsive to this request. Under Wisconsin law, I am requesting that records responsive to this request (emails & attachments) be provided to myself in hard copy as well as the opportunity to inspect them in their electronic format on your servers & make electronic copies of said records. Thank you.

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 10 business days.

Sincerely,

John Fitzgerald

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 2, 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.

To Whom It May Concern:

This message is in response to your message dated 05/19/2020. In your previous message you referred to a request submitted to your office on 07/02/19, which was not submitted by me. I have submitted two Requests to your office, the First Request being submitted on 05/13/2020 and the Second Request being submitted on 05/17/2020.

Please acknowledge receipt of this message and reply if further clarification is needed from me regarding this issue. Thank you.

*CLARIFICATION TO OPEN RECORDS REQUEST*

To Whom It May Concern:

Please consider this message to be a clarification to this open records request. This request seeks all emails specified above regardless of whether the emails had been deleted by the aforementioned Milwaukee Police Department employees. The Milwaukee Police Department is required to preserve and retain all emails in accordance with the Wisconsin Open Records law and Department's Retention Schedule. Because the Milwaukee Police Department is mandated to preserve and retain all emails, including deleted emails, any emails that may have been deleted by any individual MPD employee from their MPD email account inbox are still accessible Department's technology department. Therefore, this request is seeking all emails & attachments sent/received by the above listed individuals that said individuals may have been deleted from their MPD email accounts. In order to avoid any confusion, an example of this clarification and the emails sought is as follows:

"If Milwaukee Police Officer Andrew Wagner deleted an email from his MPD account that he sent/received that related to MPD Investigation #162180075/Jason Steven Jankowski, then I am requesting that the Milwaukee Police Department produce copies of said deleted emails/attachments as they are still in the possession of MPD and accessible by the Department's Office of Technology."

Please acknowledge receipt of this message and reply if further information is needed concerning this clarification regarding deleted emails or this request as a whole. Thank you for your time.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 2, 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.

Milwaukee Police Department-Open Records:
I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 13, 2020 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

ORIGINAL REQUEST SUBMITTED MAY 13, 2020 VIA MUCKROCK:

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Wisconsin Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

All emails and email attachments sent or received by any person(s) employed by the Milwaukee Police Department from July 01, 2016 through May 10, 2020 that concern Jason Steven Jankowski and/or Milwaukee Police Investigation Number 162180075. This includes emails & email attachments exchanged between any Milwaukee Police Department Employee and any of the following individuals:
---Any and all Complainants
---Any and all Witnesses
---Anybody employed by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office, including both prosecutors and advocates
---Any and all Third Parties acting on behalf of any Complainant or Witness

My investigation into this matter has revealed that the following Milwaukee Police Department employees sent and/or received emails & email attachments between the dates of July 01, 2016 through May 10, 2020 which are responsive to this request:
---Milwaukee Police Officer Andrew Wagner
---Milwaukee Police Officer Rodney Viverette
---Milwaukee Police Sergeant Vickie Gagliano
---Milwaukee Police Lieutenant Thomas Welch
---Milwaukee Police Sergeant Halamas (first name unknown)
---Any other Milwaukee Police Department Employee who sent/received an email or attachment Jason Steven Jankowski or Investigation #162180075 between the dates of July 01, 2016 through May 10, 2020

Upon information and belief, the email accounts for the above identified Milwaukee Police Department employees contain emails & email attachments relating to Jason S. Jankowski and/or Milwaukee Police Department Investigation Number 162180075. As such, a search of these employees’ email accounts will produce records responsive to this request. Under Wisconsin law, I am requesting that records responsive to this request (emails & attachments) be provided to myself in hard copy as well as the opportunity to inspect them in their electronic format on your servers & make electronic copies of said records. Thank you.

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 10 business days.

Sincerely,

John Fitzgerald

Milwaukee Police Department-Open Records:
I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 13, 2020 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.

ORIGINAL REQUEST SUBMITTED MAY 13, 2020 VIA MUCKROCK:

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Wisconsin Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

All emails and email attachments sent or received by any person(s) employed by the Milwaukee Police Department from July 01, 2016 through May 10, 2020 that concern Jason Steven Jankowski and/or Milwaukee Police Investigation Number 162180075. This includes emails & email attachments exchanged between any Milwaukee Police Department Employee and any of the following individuals:
---Any and all Complainants
---Any and all Witnesses
---Anybody employed by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office, including both prosecutors and advocates
---Any and all Third Parties acting on behalf of any Complainant or Witness

My investigation into this matter has revealed that the following Milwaukee Police Department employees sent and/or received emails & email attachments between the dates of July 01, 2016 through May 10, 2020 which are responsive to this request:
---Milwaukee Police Officer Andrew Wagner
---Milwaukee Police Officer Rodney Viverette
---Milwaukee Police Sergeant Vickie Gagliano
---Milwaukee Police Lieutenant Thomas Welch
---Milwaukee Police Sergeant Halamas (first name unknown)
---Any other Milwaukee Police Department Employee who sent/received an email or attachment Jason Steven Jankowski or Investigation #162180075 between the dates of July 01, 2016 through May 10, 2020

Upon information and belief, the email accounts for the above identified Milwaukee Police Department employees contain emails & email attachments relating to Jason S. Jankowski and/or Milwaukee Police Department Investigation Number 162180075. As such, a search of these employees’ email accounts will produce records responsive to this request. Under Wisconsin law, I am requesting that records responsive to this request (emails & attachments) be provided to myself in hard copy as well as the opportunity to inspect them in their electronic format on your servers & make electronic copies of said records. Thank you.

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 10 business days.

Sincerely,

John Fitzgerald

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied above, and originally submitted on May 13, 2020. Over six months have passed in which the Milwaukee Police Department has failed to provide any sort of response, responsive records, or even acknowledgment of the aforementioned request. These actions by the Milwaukee Police Department are are deliberate, intentional and in direct violation of the the Wisconsin Open Records Law. I am respectfully requesting that the Milwaukee Police Department provide a response & responsive records immediately. Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 13, 2020. This Request sought the following records from the Milwaukee Police Department:

All emails and email attachments sent or received by any person(s) employed by the Milwaukee Police Department from July 01, 2016 through May 10, 2020 that concern Jason Steven Jankowski and/or Milwaukee Police Investigation Number 162180075. This includes emails & email attachments exchanged between any Milwaukee Police Department Employee and any of the following individuals:
---Any and all Complainants
---Any and all Witnesses
---Anybody employed by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office, including both prosecutors and advocates
---Any and all Third Parties acting on behalf of any Complainant or Witness

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.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 13, 2020.
THIS REQUEST IS NOW 8 MONTHS OVERDUE. This Request sought the following records from the Milwaukee Police Department:

All emails and email attachments sent or received by any person(s) employed by the Milwaukee Police Department from July 01, 2016 through May 10, 2020 that concern Jason Steven Jankowski and/or Milwaukee Police Investigation Number 162180075. This includes emails & email attachments exchanged between any Milwaukee Police Department Employee and any of the following individuals:
---Any and all Complainants
---Any and all Witnesses
---Anybody employed by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office, including both prosecutors and advocates
---Any and all Third Parties acting on behalf of any Complainant or Witness

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.

DATE: January 9, 2021

To Milwaukee Police Department-Open Records Division:

I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 13, 2020.
THIS REQUEST IS NOW 8 MONTHS OVERDUE. This Request sought the following records from the Milwaukee Police Department:

All emails and email attachments sent or received by any person(s) employed by the Milwaukee Police Department from July 01, 2016 through May 10, 2020 that concern Jason Steven Jankowski and/or Milwaukee Police Investigation Number 162180075. This includes emails & email attachments exchanged between any Milwaukee Police Department Employee and any of the following individuals:
---Any and all Complainants
---Any and all Witnesses
---Anybody employed by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office, including both prosecutors and advocates
---Any and all Third Parties acting on behalf of any Complainant or Witness

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.