Effectiveness of PredPol predictive policing systems (South Sound 911)

Good afternoon,

I am in receipt of your request as noted below. Please be advised that South Sound 911 is only the data pipeline for our police agencies that participate in the PredPol program. South Sound 911 does not review, interpret or otherwise use the PredPol data and therefore does not have any responsive information regarding the effectiveness or value of the program. I have attached the related MOU's between South Sound 911 and our participating police agencies. You will need to contact those agencies directly regarding any PredPol use by their agency.

For your convenience, I have included the web links to each of these agencies to request records. Please be sure to make note that you are not seeking a police incident report or you will be referred back to South Sound 911.

City of Tacoma<https://www.cityoftacoma.org/cms/one.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=1882>
City of Lakewood<https://cityoflakewoodwa.nextrequest.com/>
City of Puyallup<https://cityofpuyallup.nextrequest.com/>

If you have any other questions, please let me know.

Thank you,

Kristy June
Public Records Officer
253-798-2773
kristy.june@southsound911.org<mailto:kristy.june@southsound911.org>
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South Sound 911
Washington Public Records Act Office
Ste 102
955 Tacoma Avenue South
Tacoma, WA 98402-2113

November 19, 2018

This is a follow up to a previous request:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Washington Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 9, 2018. 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.

Filed via MuckRock.com<http://MuckRock.com>
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>
Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/accounts/agency_login/south-sound-911-2543/effectiveness-of-predpol-predictive-policing-systems-south-sound-911-63588/?email=info%40southsound911.org&uuid-login=040727ff-39cc-4a8d-83c7-c88dde32b3db#agency-reply
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For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 63588
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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On Nov. 9, 2018:

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

All pilot programs, studies, research, white papers, internal presentations, data and documents regarding the effectiveness or validation of PredPol either within the agency, or at other organisations.
Similarly, any data, research or documents concerning PredPol's value for money or return on investment, compared to other policing methods.
Predpol to mean any software, hardware or systems provided to the agency by PredPol Inc, or its agents or representatives, whether free of charge or at cost.
Search to run from 1/1/2012 to the current date.

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

Filed via MuckRock.com<http://MuckRock.com>
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>
Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/accounts/agency_login/south-sound-911-2543/effectiveness-of-predpol-predictive-policing-systems-south-sound-911-63588/?email=info%40southsound911.org&uuid-login=040727ff-39cc-4a8d-83c7-c88dde32b3db#agency-reply
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 63588
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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