Montgomery Traffic Stop Data

Big Local News filed this request with the Montgomery Police Department of Montgomery, AL.
Submitted Nov. 7, 2017
Status
Rejected

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From: Big Local News

Subject: Public Records Request: Montgomery Traffic Stop Data

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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to Alabama's Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

Dear Sir or Madam:
Please note that while I'm filing this request through a Massachusetts based website, I myself am an Alabama resident.

Pursuant to Alabama's Public Records Act (McBurney v. Young, 133 S.Ct. 1709 [U.S. 2013]), I hereby request the following records:

A raw database export of traffic stops (the electronic database in which you collect all your traffic stop citations and warnings) made by the Montgomery Police Department between January 2005 and March 2017. The fields of data we are requesting include, but are not limited to:

•case number and complaint
•defendant gender, race, and DOB
•vehicle year, color, make, model, style, and state in which it is registered
•date of incident, time of incident, location of incident and milepost or other geographic location information
•approximate speed and posted speed
•any violations and/or sanctions, whether a search was conducted, whether contraband was found, whether the person was arrested and what type of enforcement took place.
•officer name
•police department and/or county
•officer ID number, race, gender
•officer date of birth and information on years of service.

To be clear, this request is for all data from traffic stops considered to be public record. This includes, but is not limited to the above list of data types if that information is collected. If the data is not collected, please let us know. If the data is collected but is not considered public record, then please cite the exemption under the law.
• This request is not being made for commercial purposes. This is for both journalism and academic purposes. We are requesting the data be provided electronically. We can accept the data in many common formats, including as tab separated, spreadsheet or other database formats. Data can be emailed to vram@stanford.edu
• In the event data must be sent physically on a CD or portable drive, please mail to: Attn: Vignesh Ramachandran, Peninsula Press, Stanford Journalism Program, 450 Serra Mall, Building 120, Stanford, CA 94305.
• If fees are not waived, please inform me if charges will exceed $50 and the reason for any estimated costs.

We appreciate your time and look forward to your response in a timely manner. We want to make sure Memphis is accurately represented in our news coverage and data collection.

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,

Connor Sheets

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Subject: [City of Montgomery] Public Record Request has been submitted

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City of Montgomery

Request for Public Records

Name of Person Requesting Record

PeninsulaPress

Full Address

DEPT MR 45611411A Highland AvenueSomervilleMA02144

Phone Number

617-299-1832

Email

requests@muckrock.com

Purpose of Request

Research.

Description of records requested.

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to Alabama's Public Records Law, I hereby request the following

records:

Dear Sir or Madam:

Pursuant to Alabama's Public Records Act (McBurney v. Young, 133 S.Ct. 1709

[U.S. 2013]), I hereby request the following records:

A raw database export of traffic stops (the electronic database in which you

collect all your traffic stop citations and warnings) made by the Montgomery

Police Department between January 2005 and March 2017. The fields of data we

are requesting include, but are not limited to:

•case number and complaint

•defendant gender, race, and DOB

•vehicle year, color, make, model, style, and state in which it is

registered

•date of incident, time of incident, location of incident and milepost or

other geographic location information

•approximate speed and posted speed

•any violations and/or sanctions, whether a search was conducted, whether

contraband was found, whether the person was arrested and what type of

enforcement took place.

•officer name

•police department and/or county

•officer ID number, race, gender

•officer date of birth and information on years of service.

To be clear, this request is for all data from traffic stops considered to

be public record. This includes, but is not limited to the above list of

data types if that information is collected. If the data is not collected,

please let us know. If the data is collected but is not considered public

record, then please cite the exemption under the law.

•This request is not being made for commercial purposes. This is for both

journalism and academic purposes. We are requesting the data be provided

electronically. We can accept the data in many common formats, including as

tab separated, spreadsheet or other database formats. Data can be emailed to

vram@stanford.edu

•In the event data must be sent physically on a CD or portable drive,

please mail to: Attn: Vignesh Ramachandran, Peninsula Press, Stanford

Journalism Program, 450 Serra Mall, Building 120, Stanford, CA 94305.

•If fees are not waived, please inform me if charges will exceed $50 and

the reason for any estimated costs.

We appreciate your time and look forward to your response in a timely

manner. We want to make sure Memphis is accurately represented in our news

coverage and data collection.

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,

Peninsula Press

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From: Montgomery Police Department

Subject: Public Record Request

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Good morning,

The City of Montgomery is in receipt of your Public Record Request, dated 12-14-2017, requesting information from the City of Montgomery Police Department. The City is only required to provide public records to the citizens of the state of Alabama. See McBurney v. Young, 133 S.Ct. 1709 (U.S. 2013). Therefore, the City respectfully denies your Public Record Request. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Nancy Ransburgh
Records Retention Manager
City Hall/City Clerk's Office
103 North Perry Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
(334)625-3098
nransburgh@montgomeryal.gov

From: Muckrock Staff

Subject: RE: Alabama Public Records Request: Montgomery Traffic Stop Data

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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: Montgomery Police Department

Subject: Request for Public Records for Montgomery Traffic Stop Data

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Good afternoon,

I was forwarded your record request from the City of Montgomery Police Department requesting, Montgomery Traffic Stop Data. The City is only required to provide public records to the citizens of the state of Alabama. See McBurney v. Young, 133 S.Ct. 1709 (U.S. 2013). Therefore, the City respectfully denies your Public Record Requests. Thank you.

Sincerely

Nancy Ransburgh
Records Retention Manager
City Hall/City Clerk's Office
103 North Perry Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
(334)625-3098
nransburgh@montgomeryal.gov<mailto:nransburgh@montgomeryal.gov>

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