New Mexico State Criminal Alien Assistance Program and COPs grants for FY 2016

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act, I hereby request the following documents:

Single copies of all documents detailing how funds under the Department of Justice's State Criminal Alien Assistance Program were distributed to the New Mexico Department of Public Safety for FY 2016.

Single copies of all documents detailing how funds under the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services were distributed to the New Mexico Department of Public Safety for FY 2016.

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 15 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Aaron Cantú

Hi Ms. Middleton,

Thanks for responding to this request. I believe there may be some confusion over my IPRA requests to DPS for documents related to New Mexico's participation in the federal DOJ's State Criminal Alien Assistance Program and Community Oriented Policing Services.

On 4/13/17, I sent my first request for these documents to Dianna DeJarnette at DPS. She responded through the MuckRock system (through which I am sending this message) asking that I forward my request to Regina Chacon.

I didn't forward the message to Ms. DeJarnette, however, and instead sent my request to Santana Nieto. Mariah Solano then followed up with me to say that my request was being processed on April 27.

As far as my understanding goes, I currently have two open requests at DPS for the same thing. I'd like to cancel the one that is less further along. I'm presuming it's the one I filed through MuckRock, because I only got a message (from you) stating that DPS would begin processing my request yesterday. On the other hand, Mariah Solano sent me a similar message on April 27.

Sorry for the confusion. I hope this clears up the matter. Please call me at 505-395-2908 if you have any more questions.

Thanks and all best,
Aaron