State Police Agency FOI Request Log (2018 - 2023) (Mississippi Highway Patrol)
| Multi Request | State Police Agency FOI Request Log (2018 - 2023) |
| Submitted | Jan. 11, 2024 |
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From: Beryl Lipton
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Mississippi Public Records Act, this is a request for records related to this agency’s receipt of and response to public records requests.
For the period from January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2023, please provide all logs and available related details of public records requests received by this office. Responsive materials include those that describe the following details for each public records request received by this office:
The name of the requester and the affiliated organization
The date on which the request was received by this office
A description of the requested records
The tracking number assigned by this office to the request
The date on which the request was closed by this office
The final disposition of the request, including, if possible, whether the request was fully fulfilled, partially fulfilled, rejected in its entirety, resulted in no responsive documents, or remains open
Details on exemptions applied to responsive and withheld records
The number of released pages
Please provide the responsive materials in the form of a spreadsheet (either in CSV or XLS file formats), if possible.
This request is being made as part of an academic and journalistic project and is not being made for any commercial reason. 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 be fulfilled electronically, via e-mail attachment, the upload link in the footer of this message, or Dropbox, if possible.
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.
Please contact me if your office has any questions about this request.
Sincerely,
Beryl Lipton
From: Mississippi Highway Patrol
Good morning,
Please address your request to publicrecords@dps.ms.gov
Thank you,
Carol Thrasher
MS Highway Patrol
Special Operations Division
601-503-4954
From: Beryl Lipton
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Mississippi Public Records Act, this is a request for records related to this agency’s receipt of and response to public records requests.
For the period from January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2023, please provide all logs and available related details of public records requests received by this office. Responsive materials include those that describe the following details for each public records request received by this office:
The name of the requester and the affiliated organization
The date on which the request was received by this office
A description of the requested records
The tracking number assigned by this office to the request
The date on which the request was closed by this office
The final disposition of the request, including, if possible, whether the request was fully fulfilled, partially fulfilled, rejected in its entirety, resulted in no responsive documents, or remains open
Details on exemptions applied to responsive and withheld records
The number of released pages
Please provide the responsive materials in the form of a spreadsheet (either in CSV or XLS file formats), if possible.
This request is being made as part of an academic and journalistic project and is not being made for any commercial reason. 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 be fulfilled electronically, via e-mail attachment, the upload link in the footer of this message, or Dropbox, if possible.
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.
Please contact me if your office has any questions about this request.
Sincerely,
Beryl Lipton
From: Mississippi Highway Patrol
Mr. Lipton,
We have received your request and expect to have a response on or before close of business, Friday, February 16, 2024.
We do not maintain the information you are seeking in the format you are seeking, but I will see what I can do about getting this together for you.
(Apologies for the delayed response. I have been out due to illness.)
Respectfully,
R.E. Wentworth
Public Records Administrator
MS Dept. of Public Safety, Legal Dept.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Mississippi Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 16, 2024. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Feb. 16, 2024. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Mississippi Highway Patrol
Mr. Lipton,
Apologies for the delay. I am still working on this request and should have your information by close of business, Tuesday, March 9, 2024.
Respectfully,
R.E. Wentworth
Public Records Administrator
MS Dept. of Public Safety, Legal Dept.
Office: 601-987-1436
From: Mississippi Highway Patrol
Mr. Lipton,
Your request is seeking the following:
* For the period from January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2023, please provide all logs and available related details of public records requests received by this office.
* Responsive materials include those that describe the following details for each public records request received by this office:
* The name of the requester and the affiliated organization
* The date on which the request was received by this office
* A description of the requested records Information maintained but with personal identifying information that would need to be redacted
* The tracking number assigned by this office to the request Information not maintained
* The date on which the request was closed by this office
* The final disposition of the request, including, if possible, whether the request was fully fulfilled, partially fulfilled, rejected in its entirety, resulted in no responsive documents, or remains open
* Details on exemptions applied to responsive and withheld records Information not maintained
* The number of released pages Information not maintained
The request seeking all records requests is still being redacted of personal identifying information, i.e. social security numbers, driver license numbers, dates of births, phone numbers and email addresses. It was not realized that the information we compiled contained personal identifying information prior to a re-review of the information prior to being sent to you.
Records requests were not tracked until June 2018. We have had a few computer issues that caused us to lose some saved, answered requests, and this list was recompiled the best we could from information we could retrieve, so the information is not guaranteed to be one hundred percent accurate. Currently, we are in the process of looking into public records software to help us maintain records requests, information released, and to provide improved quality of work with faster response times.
The redactions for the entirety of your request should be completed by this Friday, March 8, 2024. Though this has taken many personnel hours, all fees associated with this request will be waived. Again, I thank you for your patience with this matter.
Please contact me should you have any questions or concerns.
Respectfully,
R.E. Wentworth
Public Records Administrator
MS Dept. of Public Safety, Legal Dept.
Office: 601-987-1436
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From: Mississippi Highway Patrol
Mr. Lipton,
Thank you for your patience. Please use the link below to access and download the information we could locate responsive to your request. The redactions are performed in “black-out” format and only for personal identifying information.
[pdf icon] responsive- all requsests_Redacted 2.pdf<https://dpsmsgov.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/Legal/EbxKOjzw9CdFqhIrzPIihbQBzshwk_V8aF1D8JHeZhy4Vg?e=lRDzhV>
The link will expire, Friday, March 22, 2024.
Respectfully,
R.E. Wentworth
Public Records Administrator
MS Dept. of Public Safety, Legal Dept.
Office: 601-987-1436
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