COVID-19 plans
| Submitted | March 19, 2020 |
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From: Freddy Martinez
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Arizona Public Records Law we hereby request the following records:
Any contingency plans made by your office for the potential outbreak of covid-19, coronavirus, screening and management of cases, or plans for “social distancing” for any detention facility, jail, or similar. Please be aware that our office is also requesting similar records for any guidance your office might have provided the been provided by the Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Prisons or similar agency on the local level.
Documents sufficient to show the amount of testing done by the jail for coronavirus.
Any internal or external discussion about modification to your 287(g) agreement due to the outbreak of the coronavirus.
Any contingency plans made by your office that might include the following keywords, “social distancing,” “quarantine,” “self-isolation,” “self-observation,” and “social distancing”
Communications between your office between your facility and other health authorities about covid-19 or the coronavirus.
Any protocols, procedures or similar that your office might have for contagious diseases, pandemic planning, viral outbreaks or similar.
Documents sufficient to show any number of testing provided to inmates.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. These records are being requested to inform the public about an urgent public health emergency and we request you expedite the processing of this request.
In the event that there are fees, we would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. We 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. We look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days days. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions about the scope of this request
Sincerely,
Freddy Martinez
Open The Government
fmartinez@openthegovernment.org
From: Freddy Martinez
Pima County Sheriff,
Please acknowledge reception of this public records request and provide an estimated date to completion.
Thank you for your attention to this matter,
Freddy Martinez
Policy Analyst
Open The Government
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Arizona Public Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 19, 2020. 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: Pima County Sheriff
Good morning Mr. Martinez,
I’m requesting an update from our Records Unit about your public records request. As soon as I hear back I will let you know. Thank you.
Deputy Marissa Hernandez
Public Information Officer
Pima County Sheriff’s Department
Community Resources Unit
1750 E. Benson Hwy
Tucson, AZ 85714
PIO Hotline: 520-237-3740
Office: 520-351-8967
pcsdpio@sheriff.pima.gov<mailto:pcsdpio@sheriff.pima.gov>
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Arizona Public Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 19, 2020. 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Arizona Public Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 19, 2020. 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: Pima County Sheriff
Good afternoon,
This email is in reference to your request of the COVID-19 procedures. We are hoping to have this completely as early as next week. When it is completed you will be contacted right away.
Thank you,
Desiree Romero #7848
Records Technician
Records Maintenance Unit
Pima County Sheriff's Department
Work: (520) 351-3865
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From: Pima County Sheriff
Freddy Martinez,
The Pima County Sheriff's Department Records Unit has completed your request; unfortunately, the items you have requested cannot be released electronically. Your request regarding incident of COVID-19 plans is complete and available. The total cost of your documents will be $5.
You may choose to retrieve your items in person or by mailing in your payment to our records office. We do not email or fax records. We will only accept Visa and MasterCard payments in person and no cash payments will be accepted.
If you choose to mail in your payment, please include a copy of this email with your payment in the form of a cashier's check or money order payable to the Pima County Sheriff's Department. Payment may be mailed to the address listed below. Once payment is received your documents will be provided to you.
If you choose to come directly into our office, please present this email to records staff to complete your request. Should you have any question or would like to cancel your request please call our office at (520)-351-4650 (option 8).
Please note, these documents will only be retained for a period of 30 calendar days from today's date after which point you will be required to resubmit a request for these documents.
Office Hours and location:
Monday - Friday 8:30am - 3:30pm EXCLUDING HOLIDAYS
Sheriff Records
1650 E. Benson Hwy; Suite C
Tucson, AZ 85714
Desiree Romero #7848
Records Technician
Records Maintenance Unit
Pima County Sheriff's Department
Work: (520) 351-3865
********** C O N F I D E N T I A L I T Y W A R N I N G ********
The information contained in this transmission is confidential. It may not be used for commercial purposes and may be legally privileged or protected work under applicable law. This information is intended only for the use of the recipient named above. If you have received this transmission in error, please call the sender to inform and destroy the information. You are notified that any disclosure, copying, distributing or the taking of any action in reliance on the content of this transmission is forbidden by the sender and may be illegal.
From: Pima County Sheriff
Good afternoon,
This is a 2nd notification for your request with the Pima County Sheriff's Department.
Please advise if this request is still needed.
If payment is being mailed please mail to:
Pima County Sheriff's Department
1650 E. Benson Highway, Suite #C
Tucson, Arizona 85714
If no payment or advisory is met by 08/31/2020 the request will be purged.
Thank you,
Desiree Romero #7848
Records Technician
Records Maintenance Unit
Pima County Sheriff's Department
Work: (520) 351-3865
From: Freddy Martinez
Hi Pima County,
You should be receiving the payment to your office soon, it should arrive in the next week or so. I just asked out accountant to send it off to you today.
Thank you,
Freddy
From: Pima County Sheriff
Sounds good. Once received your request will be mailed to you. Thank you.
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~WRD000
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Arizona Public Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 19, 2020. 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: Pima County Sheriff
Good morning,
As of 08/13/2020, we have yet to receive payment for this request.
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~WRD000
From: Pima County Sheriff
A copy of documents responsive to the request.
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