Mobile Phone Forensics Tools (San Diego County Sheriff's Department)

Good afternoon Mr. Waltman! Attached is the Department's response your above referenced request. Please let me know if you have any issues with the attachment. Thank you!

Janet A Sumabat
Admin Secretary II
San Diego Sheriff's Department - Legal Affairs Unit
9621 Ridgehaven Ct., San Diego, CA 92123
PHONE: 858-974-2255
FAX: 858-974-2262

Hello Mr. Waltman, we received your faxed follow up letter regarding you 3/24/17 CPRA request. We emailed the attached extension letter back on Monday, 4/3 (see below). In case you were unable to receive it, I've reattached it here. Thank you!

Janet Sumabat
Admin Sec II - Legal Affairs Unit
Phone: 858-974-2255
Fax: 858-974-2262

Dear Mr. Waltman:

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department is in receipt of your email dated March 24, 2017 seeking records pursuant to the California Public Records Act (CPRA).

On April 3, the Sheriff's Department, pursuant to Government Code section 6253 (c) (1) and (3), extended the response date by 14 days. We now respond as follows.

With respect to your request for "contractual documents", we are in the process of gathering and reviewing those responsive documents in the possession of the Sheriff's Department. The Sheriff's Department reserves the right to withhold any documents that it identifies and privileged or exempt. From where we are in the process, it is clear that there will be more documents than can be transmitted as PDF files via email. We will therefore send a copy of the responsive records on a recordable medium, such as a DVD-ROM or a thumb drive. Unless you indicate otherwise, we will mail the records to the Highland Avenue address listed on the request.

With respect to your request for "Records of Communications [between several domain names and] either the chief of police or head of procurement", we presume this request refers to email to and from Sheriff Gore that fit this criteria. The Sheriff's Department has no records responsive to this request.

With respect to your request for "guidelines or internal policy on the use of mobile phone forensic tools and software", our Manual of Policies and Procedures is available online at http://sdsheriff.net/policies.html You will find that Section 6.1222 is the section that is most responsive to your request, although you are certainly free to inspect any and all policy and procedure sections.

Finally, with respect for "utilization logs for these tools", your request seeks records of a law enforcement investigation. Such records are exempt from disclosure pursuant to Government Code section 6254(f); Haynie v. Superior Court (2001) 26 Cal. 4th 1061.

Sincerely,

WILLIAM D. GORE, Sheriff

Sanford A. Toyen, Legal Advisor

Office of the Sheriff - Legal Affairs Unit

Mr. Waltman-

Did you not receive a CD-ROM in the mail?

-Sanford Toyen
Sent from my iPhone

Mr. Waltman:

My apologies. I got this confused with another CPRA request, and I thought that the (electronic) documents had been sent out. They will be sent out today. It's going to either be on a thumb drive or some sort of recordable media. It's too much to send via email.

Sincerely,

WILLIAM D. GORE, Sheriff

By: Sanford A. Toyen, Legal Advisor
Office of the Sheriff, Legal Affairs Unit

"Keeping the Peace Since 1850"

A copy of documents responsive to the request.