Firearm Policies, Procedures & Guidelines (Morgan County Sheriff's Office)

Caroline Curtis filed this request with the Morgan County Sheriff's Office of Morgan County, CO.
Submitted July 19, 2016
Est. Completion None
Status
Fix Required

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From: Caroline Curtis

Subject: Colorado Open Records Act Request: Firearm Policies, Procedures & Guidelines (Morgan County Sheriff's Office)

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To Whom It May Concern:

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

Any and all policies, procedures, directives, memorandums, and any other guiding materials regarding matters pertaining to firearm acquisition, licensure, use, and transfer, including, but not limited to, the following:
• policies and procedures on the issuance of firearms permits and licenses. (Please note that this point is not a request for identities of individual permit/license holders, but is rather a request for governmental policies and parameters regarding the process and regulations by which one may obtain a license or permit. If separate strictures exist for each, provision of both would be greatly appreciated.)
• policies and procedures on the revocation of firearms permits and licenses.
• any and all available policies and procedures regarding local firearms policies. Please provide all such materials that alter or supplement departmental procedures.
Please include all available segregable data.
Please also provide all available data, statistics, or reports regarding matters pertaining to gun acquisition, licensure, use, and transfer, including, but not limited to, the following:
• the issuance of firearms permits and licenses.
• the revocation of firearms permits and licenses.
• the suspension of firearms permits and licenses.
• the renewal of firearms permits and licenses.
• incidents involving the use of a firearm.
If various policies or reports exist dependent on the type of firearm, provision of all applicable materials would be greatly appreciated. Should they be voluminous, provision of materials on rolling basis would be greatly appreciated.
Should your agency believe that any additional policies, procedures, reports or other analysis pertaining to firearm acquisition, licensure, use, transfer, deaths, incidents, or any related issues may reside with another agency or agencies, indication of such agencies would be greatly appreciated.
Please notify us if further clarification is necessary.

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 3 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Caroline Curtis

From: Muckrock Staff

Subject: RE: Colorado Open Records Act Request: Firearm Policies, Procedures & Guidelines (Morgan County Sheriff's Office)

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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: Morgan County Sheriff's Office

Subject: Records Request -

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Hello,

I received a letter in the mail today dated from the 20th, in regards to
following up on a record request from July of 2016. I apologize, but I do
not recall this request you are speaking of. I have gone through my entire
folder of record requests, and do not see anything from Muckrock prior to
this letter. So this is the first time I am seeing this request for
records. I will check with my supervisor in regards to the requested
material, and get the total fee to you as soon as possible.

Thank you,

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*Amanda Torralba*
Sex Offender Registry/Concealed Permits
Morgan County Sheriff's Office
(970) 542-3445
atorralba@co.morgan.co.us

<atorralba@co.morgan.co.us>
*This communication, along with any attachments, is covered by federal and
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and legally privileged information, and may be legally protected or
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intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination,
distribution, use or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you
received this message in error, please reply immediately to the sender and
delete this message. Under Colorado's Open Records Act (CORA), all e-mails
sent by or to me on this county's e-mail account may be subject to public
disclosure.*

From: Morgan County Sheriff's Office

Subject: Records request

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This is the first time I have seen your request. We can complete your
request, but we need some guidance. In your request you are asking for
policies and procedures that we can send to you without a lot of research
time. The request also asks for "incidents involving the use of
firearms". If you want all of our cases where a firearm was used we will
need to go through 4 years of reports, read each report and get the
requested information. We do not currently track reports that way and there
will be a large amount of research time that will need paid in advance.
The cost is $33.58 per hour. The first hour is free. I am guessing this
request as written will take 40 to 50 hours to complete. Let me know how
you want to move forward with your request.

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Morgan County Sheriff's Office
Undersheriff Jon Horton
Office (970)542-3445
Fax (970)542-3453
Cell (970)768-6701
E-Mail jhorton@co.morgan.co.us

This communication, along with any attachments, is covered by federal and
state law governing electronic communications and may contain confidential
and legally privileged information, and may be legally protected or
otherwise exempt from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the
intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination,
distribution, use or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If
you receive this message in error, please reply immediately to the sender
and delete this message. Under Colorado's Open Records Act (CORA), all
e-mails sent by or to me on this county's e-mail account may be subject to
public disclosure.

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