BLM comms (Orange County Sheriff's Office)
| Multi Request | BLM comms |
| Submitted | June 8, 2020 |
| Est. Completion | Aug. 4, 2020 |
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From: Emma North-Best
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Emails, letters, and memos to or from police/law enforcement unions, the National Guard, or federal officials between May 1, 2020 and the present.
I also request copies of emails containing any of the following: "protest", "protests", "Black Lives Matter", "BLM", "riot", "riots", "antifa", "antifascist", "anti-fascist", or "militia".
I am a member of the news media and request classification as such. I have previously written about the government and its activities, with some reaching over 100,000 readers in outlets such as Gizmodo, MuckRock, Motherboard, Property of the People, Unicorn Riot, and The Outline, among others. As such, as I have a reasonable expectation of publication and my editorial and writing skills are well established. In addition, I discuss and comment on the files online and make them available through non-profits such as the library Internet Archive and the journalist non-profit MuckRock, disseminating them to a large audience. While my research is not limited to this, a great deal of it, including this, focuses on the activities and attitudes of the government itself. As such, it is not necessary for me to demonstrate the relevance of this particular subject in advance.
As my primary purpose is to inform about government activities by reporting on it and making the raw data available, I request that fees be waived.
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 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Emma Best
From: Orange County Sheriff's Office
Hello Ms. Best:
Regarding the second part of your request for copies of emails containing any of the following: "protest", "protests", "Black Lives Matter", "BLM", "riot", "riots", "antifa", "antifascist", "anti-fascist", or "militia", is very expansive. The Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) has 4,000 employees and every news source received via email with those words will hit. As a result, we are getting over 100,000 hits for all employees. Can you narrow your request to specific individuals in OCSD whose email to search?
Sincerely,
Veronica Musico
Staff Specialist - CPRA Unit
Orange County Sheriff's Department
714-834-6449
From: Orange County Sheriff's Office
Hello Ms. Best:
Please see attached letter regarding your request.
Veronica Musico
Staff Specialist - CPRA Unit
Orange County Sheriff's Department
714-834-6449
From: Orange County Sheriff's Office
Hello Ms. Best,
Please see attached letter regarding your request.
Veronica Musico
Staff Specialist - CPRA Unit
Orange County Sheriff's Department
714-834-6449
From: Orange County Sheriff's Office
Hello Ms. Best,
Please see the attached records responsive to your request.
Veronica Musico
Staff Specialist - CPRA Unit
Orange County Sheriff's Department
714-834-6449
From: Emma North-Best
Is it possible to filter open source reporting from the emails? That seems like it would greatly reduce the volume necessary to review.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 8, 2020. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Aug. 4, 2020. 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: Orange County Sheriff's Office
Hello Ms. Best,
OCSD is able to search by open source reporting domains. Please identify the complete domains you would like for us to search.
Veronica Musico
Staff Specialist - CPRA Unit
Orange County Sheriff's Department
714-834-6449
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From: Emma North-Best
I apologize, I think my intent was unclear. I meant to exclude open source reporting, not search for it or include it.
>OCSD is able to search by open source reporting domains.
If I misunderstood your meaning instead, then I'm equally sorry! Either way, I appreciate your patience and help.
From: Orange County Sheriff's Office
Hello,
OCSD can exclude open source reporting from the search, but due to the nature of our discovery tool we have to explicitly call out the email address(es) or email domain(s) to exclude. Please provide a list of email addresses/domains you wish us to exclude from the search.
We can also do a search for original emails or replies from an OCSD mailbox if that would be agreeable to you?
Veronica Musico
Staff Specialist - CPRA Unit
Orange County Sheriff's Department
714-834-6449
-
~WRD000
From: Orange County Sheriff's Office
Hello Ms. Best,
I have not received a response from you to proceed with your request. Please let me know if you would like for the Sheriff's Department to proceed with the mentioned parameters in the email sent to you on August 6, 2020, and provide any domains that you wish to exclude. Thank you.
Veronica Musico
Staff Specialist - CPRA Unit
Orange County Sheriff's Department
714-834-6449
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From: Emma North-Best
>We can also do a search for original emails or replies from an OCSD mailbox if that would be agreeable to you?
Yes, that sounds good. Thank you so much!
From: Orange County Sheriff's Office
Hello Ms. Best,
On June 11, 2020, we notified you that our initial search for the second part of your request, for copies of emails containing any of the following: "protest", "protests", "Black Lives Matter", "BLM", "riot", "riots", "antifa", "antifascist", "anti-fascist", or "militia", produced over 100,000 hits. On that date and on 6/18/20, and 7/2/20 we asked that you narrow your search to specific individuals in OCSD whose email to search.
On August 17, 2020, you agreed to have the Sheriff's Department search for original emails or replies from all OCSD mailboxes. This search produced over 10,000 hits. This is still a voluminous amount of data. Please note that the Sheriff's Department has 4,000 employees. We ask that you please narrow your request to specific individuals in the Sheriff's Department whose email to search.
Thank you,
Veronica Musico
Staff Specialist - CPRA Unit
Orange County Sheriff's Department
714-834-6449
From: requests@muckrock.com <requests@muckrock.com>
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2020 5:58 PM
To: Prarequests <Prarequests@ocsd.org>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: California Public Records Act Request: BLM comms (Orange County Sheriff's Office)
Orange County Sheriff's Office
PRA Office
320 North Flower Street
Santa Ana, CA 92703
August 17, 2020
This is a follow up to a previous request:
>We can also do a search for original emails or replies from an OCSD mailbox if that would be agreeable to you?
Yes, that sounds good. Thank you so much!
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On Aug. 17, 2020:
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] RE: California Public Records Act Request: BLM comms (Orange County Sheriff's Office)
Hello Ms. Best,
I have not received a response from you to proceed with your request. Please let me know if you would like for the Sheriff's Department to proceed with the mentioned parameters in the email sent to you on August 6, 2020, and provide any domains that you wish to exclude. Thank you.
Veronica Musico
Staff Specialist - CPRA Unit
Orange County Sheriff's Department
714-834-6449
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On Aug. 6, 2020:
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] RE: California Public Records Act Request: BLM comms (Orange County Sheriff's Office)
Hello,
OCSD can exclude open source reporting from the search, but due to the nature of our discovery tool we have to explicitly call out the email address(es) or email domain(s) to exclude. Please provide a list of email addresses/domains you wish us to exclude from the search.
We can also do a search for original emails or replies from an OCSD mailbox if that would be agreeable to you?
Veronica Musico
Staff Specialist - CPRA Unit
Orange County Sheriff's Department
714-834-6449
---
On Aug. 5, 2020:
Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: BLM comms (Orange County Sheriff's Office)
I apologize, I think my intent was unclear. I meant to exclude open source reporting, not search for it or include it.
>OCSD is able to search by open source reporting domains.
If I misunderstood your meaning instead, then I'm equally sorry! Either way, I appreciate your patience and help.
---
On Aug. 5, 2020:
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] RE: California Public Records Act Request: BLM comms (Orange County Sheriff's Office)
Hello Ms. Best,
OCSD is able to search by open source reporting domains. Please identify the complete domains you would like for us to search.
Veronica Musico
Staff Specialist - CPRA Unit
Orange County Sheriff's Department
714-834-6449
---
On July 29, 2020:
Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: BLM comms (Orange County Sheriff's Office)
Is it possible to filter open source reporting from the emails? That seems like it would greatly reduce the volume necessary to review.
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On June 8, 2020:
Subject: California Public Records Act Request: BLM comms (Orange County Sheriff's Office)
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Emails, letters, and memos to or from police/law enforcement unions, the National Guard, or federal officials between May 1, 2020 and the present.
I also request copies of emails containing any of the following: "protest", "protests", "Black Lives Matter", "BLM", "riot", "riots", "antifa", "antifascist", "anti-fascist", or "militia".
I am a member of the news media and request classification as such. I have previously written about the government and its activities, with some reaching over 100,000 readers in outlets such as Gizmodo, MuckRock, Motherboard, Property of the People, Unicorn Riot, and The Outline, among others. As such, as I have a reasonable expectation of publication and my editorial and writing skills are well established. In addition, I discuss and comment on the files online and make them available through non-profits such as the library Internet Archive and the journalist non-profit MuckRock, disseminating them to a large audience. While my research is not limited to this, a great deal of it, including this, focuses on the activities and attitudes of the government itself. As such, it is not necessary for me to demonstrate the relevance of this particular subject in advance.
As my primary purpose is to inform about government activities by reporting on it and making the raw data available, I request that fees be waived.
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 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Emma Best
Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>
Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/
Is this email coming to the wrong contact? Something else wrong? Use the above link to let us know.
For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 94675
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516
PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share, and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.
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