Criminals Exploiting COVID-19 Outbreak for Financial Gain through Procurement and Consumer Fraud (San Antonio Police Department)
| Tracking # |
W315653-042120 |
| Multi Request | Criminals Exploiting COVID-19 Outbreak for Financial Gain through Procurement and Consumer Fraud |
| Submitted | April 19, 2020 |
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From: Emma North-Best
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Documents, memos, emails, reports and other records describing exploitation by criminals of the COVID-19 the outbreak as well as records mentioning or generated as part of or as a result of Liaison Information Report (LIR) 200323006, titled "Criminals Exploiting COVID-19 Outbreak for Financial Gain through Procurement and Consumer Fraud."
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 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Emma Best
From: San Antonio Police Department
Dear Emma Best:
COVID-19 NOTICE
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Governor of Texas declared a public health emergency and disaster and issued an Executive Order for people to "Stay Home" to mitigate the spread of the virus and protect the health and safety of Texans by limiting gathering and restricting work activities to those that are essential and support critical infrastructure. City of San Antonio administrative departments are closed to in-person contact. Many departments are on skeleton crews while remaining staff is working remotely or is present but involved directly in the public health or epidemic response. Too Few Employees have the access necessary to respond to public information requests at this time. Therefore in accordance with the guidance issued by the Office of the Texas Attorney General, this is not a "business day" for the purpose of Chapter 552 of the Texas Government Code, the Public Information Act, and all PIA-related processes are currently paused.
From: San Antonio Police Department
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City of San Antonio In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, City of San Antonio administrative departments closed on April 6, 2020. The City of San Antonio reopened its offices and resumed business day operations on November 23, 2020. This action will restart all PIA-related processes. All requests received prior to April 6, 2020 will resume processing and any requests submitted during the skeleton crew day period (April 6 – November 20) will be officially noted as being received and begin being processed on the 23 rd. This notice has been published on the City's website, and notification will be sent to each requester with pending or new requests.
From: San Antonio Police Department
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12/09/2020
Bridget Brululo
requests@muckrock.com
RE: Public Disclosure Request#: P060363-070520
Dear Bridget Brululo,
This message is in further response to your public disclosure records request. The Seattle Police Department has records ready to be released pending payment.
In this first installment of records, we are providing a first installment of OPA investigation file 2018OPA-0408 involving Officer Scott Lapierre.
The fee for the responsive records is: $1.25 (Invoice to follow)
The Seattle Police Department did not prepare a detailed exemption log for records as only limited information was redacted from the responsive records.
The information normally provided in an exemption log, such as title, author, recipient, subject, and number of pages, is readily ascertainable by looking at the redacted records.
Redactions applied throughout the documents are pursuant to the following exemptions:
1(g) Driver's License Numbers, Driver's permit Numbers, and State Identification card numbers (information not received from DOL) RCW 42.56.230(5), RCW 9.35.005 Explanation: Disclosure would violate an individual’s right to privacy, and could be used for identity theft, fraud or other criminal activity.
3(b) Social Security Numbers and Tax Identification Numbers - RCW 42.56.230(5) , RCW 9.35.005, RCW 42.56.250(3) Explanation: Disclosure would violate an individual’s right to privacy, and could be used for identity theft, fraud or other criminal activity. SSNs of agency employees, volunteers, and their dependents are also specifically exempt. (RCW 42.56.250(3)).
We are processing the remaining records located in OPA investigation file 2018OPA-0408. We will providing these remaining OPA files records in your next installment of records.
At this time, the Seattle Police Department anticipates having your next installment of records to you on or about 1/26/2021.
If you have any questions, you may send a message using the Police Records Request Center or call the Public Disclosure Desk at 206-684-5481.
Sincerely,
Dianalynn Oreiro
Seattle Police Department
Legal Unit
SPD receives between 7000 and 8000 public records requests annually and is processing more than 2000 open requests at a time. This may result in a slower than anticipated response to your request. Thank you for your patience.
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From: San Antonio Police Department
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To Emma Best, Please be advised that the City of San Antonio does not monitor requests that have been closed. If a requestor desires to seek additional information, we recommend the creation of a new request (please visit the Open Records Center). If you have further questions, please contact open records staff for City requests and SAPD Open Records for Police requests. City of San Antonio
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