Tesla vehicles for official use (New Wolfeboro Police Department, New Wolfeboro)
| Multi Request | Tesla vehicles for official use |
| Submitted | June 13, 2022 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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Communications
From: Mark Harris
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the New Hampshire Right to Know Law, I hereby request the following records:
All communications with Tesla Inc, or its representatives, regarding the purchase or operation of Tesla vehicle(s) for official or departmental use. Where appropriate, to include testing, trouble-shooting, data use and retention, AutoPilot use, servicing, and returns.
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 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Mark Harris
From: New Wolfeboro Police Department, New Wolfeboro
Dear Mr. Harris,
The Wolfeboro Police Department is in receipt of your RTK request and will be working on gathering the requested information. We will keep you informed on the status of your request.
Kind Regards,
Sherri Moore
Executive Administrative Assistant
Wolfeboro Police Department
251 So. Main Street
Wolfeboro, New Hampshire 03894
sherrimoore@wolfeboropolice.org<mailto:sherrimoore@wolfeboropolice.org>
(603)569-1444
While the contents of this communication are intended to be confidential,
Email sent to and from this address is subject to NH RSA 91-A (the NH
Right-To-Know Law) and may, subject to certain exemptions, be subject to
disclosure to third parties. Any unauthorized disclosure, reproduction, use
or dissemination of this communication (either whole or in part) is
prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please
notify the sender immediately and delete the message from your system.
From: New Wolfeboro Police Department, New Wolfeboro
Dear Mr. Harris,
The Town's IT personnel has retrieved communication per your 91:A request - "with Tesla Inc, or its representatives, regarding the purchase or operation of Tesla vehicle(s) for official or departmental use. Where appropriate, to include testing, trouble-shooting, data use and retention, AutoPilot use, servicing, and returns." I do want to let you know there has not been communication that includes testing, trouble-shooting, AutoPilot use (other than a document that speaks about Tesla's transition to Tesla Vision), returns.
Per your request you asked "if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request." The Wolfeboro Police Department charges $5 for the first page and $1 for consecutive pages. The communication pages total 107 pages, bringing the total due to $111. The documents can be emailed (and are ready to be released to you via pdf attachments).
Kind Regards,
Sherri Moore
Executive Administrative Assistant
Wolfeboro Police Department
251 So. Main Street
Wolfeboro, New Hampshire 03894
sherrimoore@wolfeboropolice.org<mailto:sherrimoore@wolfeboropolice.org>
(603)569-1444
While the contents of this communication are intended to be confidential,
Email sent to and from this address is subject to NH RSA 91-A (the NH
Right-To-Know Law) and may, subject to certain exemptions, be subject to
disclosure to third parties. Any unauthorized disclosure, reproduction, use
or dissemination of this communication (either whole or in part) is
prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please
notify the sender immediately and delete the message from your system.
From: Mark Harris
Thanks Sherri,
I appreciate your quick response on this, and the detailed estimate.
I have a limited budget for FOIA. I'm particularly interested in communications about data use and retention, if that might help narrow down the request? (Servicing is a much lower priority).
Mark
From: New Wolfeboro Police Department, New Wolfeboro
I do not have any of that data information. The communications (emails) that I have available are all on the purchase of the tesla and one email for the purchase for the charging station.
Kind Regards,
Sherri Moore
Executive Administrative Assistant
Wolfeboro Police Department
251 So. Main Street
Wolfeboro, New Hampshire 03894
sherrimoore@wolfeboropolice.org<mailto:sherrimoore@wolfeboropolice.org>
(603)569-1444
While the contents of this communication are intended to be confidential,
Email sent to and from this address is subject to NH RSA 91-A (the NH
Right-To-Know Law) and may, subject to certain exemptions, be subject to
disclosure to third parties. Any unauthorized disclosure, reproduction, use
or dissemination of this communication (either whole or in part) is
prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please
notify the sender immediately and delete the message from your system.
From: Mark Harris
OK. Let's close out this request for now. I'll file another request if I need that info.
best
Mark
From: New Wolfeboro Police Department, New Wolfeboro
Okay. Will do.
Have a nice day.
Kind Regards,
Sherri Moore
Executive Administrative Assistant
Wolfeboro Police Department
251 So. Main Street
Wolfeboro, New Hampshire 03894
sherrimoore@wolfeboropolice.org<mailto:sherrimoore@wolfeboropolice.org>
(603)569-1444
While the contents of this communication are intended to be confidential,
Email sent to and from this address is subject to NH RSA 91-A (the NH
Right-To-Know Law) and may, subject to certain exemptions, be subject to
disclosure to third parties. Any unauthorized disclosure, reproduction, use
or dissemination of this communication (either whole or in part) is
prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please
notify the sender immediately and delete the message from your system.
From: New Wolfeboro Police Department, New Wolfeboro
Mr. Harris,
I am just curious as to the purpose of your inquiry. Do you live in Wolfeboro? In NH? Is Muckrock anti-Tesla or anti-electric vehicle? This was a donation…a free vehicle accepted by the Town. We do not track any data on the Tesla other than electricity and repair costs. We cannot create nor are we compelled to create documents that don’t exist.
Causing any agency to spend time and money on voluminous inquiries for information under the FOIA is a waste of that time and resources for that agency when the information requested is not specific and/or not reviewed by the requesting party.
I’d also be interested in what the “need” is for the information you thought you were in need of until you saw the cost, or a potential future “need”.
Sincerely,
Stephen D. Wood
Police Commissioner
Town of Wolfeboro
Sent from my iPhone
From: Mark Harris
Hi Stephen,
I'm an investigative journalist based in Seattle, WA, working on a series of stories about Tesla, and in particular whether any police departments using Teslas as official vehicles have any conecerns about the data the vehicles collect and share with Tesla.
It sounded from Ms Moore's helpful and timely reply that you have no such concerns or, at least, have not put them into emails to Tesla. As such, there was no immediate need for me to obtain the documents. At no point did I request documents to be created.
If you'd be willing, I'd appreciate a few minutes of time for a phone interview on the topic. markellisharris@gmail.com 206 734 5599
Muck Rock is a platform that simplifies the procedure for filing public records requests nationwide. It has no editorial role in my story, which would likely end up in a publication such as TechCrunch or Wired.
If you have concerns about New Hampshire's FOIA laws, you would do best to address those to your legislators.
best
Mark
From: New Wolfeboro Police Department, New Wolfeboro
No issues, Marc, thank you for you interest.
V/r
Dean J. Rondeau
Chief of Police.
Sent from my iPhone
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