San Francisco International Airport -- IMSI-catchers

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act (California Government Code §§ 6250), I hereby request the following records:

- Does the San Francisco International Airport or Airport Commission own, or have access to, any IMSI-catchers, sometimes also known as Stingrays?

- If the San Francisco International Airport or Airport Commission does have access to these devices, how many does it currently have access to?

- Records regarding the acquisition, maintenance, upgrade and subscription costs of such devices, including invoices, purchases orders, contracts, loan agreements, procurement documents (but not limited to solicitation documents or notices of proposed contracts, proposed bids, unsolicited proposals, and/or documents justifying contracting without full and open competition), correspondence with companies providing the devices, and similar documents, from January 1st 2010 to the date of this request.

- If the San Francisco International Airport or Airport Commission does have access to these devices, please confirm the brand, make and model of the devices that are currently available for use.

- If the San Francisco International Airport or Airport Commission does have access to these devices, please confirm how many times they have been deployed from January 1st 2010 to the date of this request.

- If the San Francisco International Airport or Airport Commission does have access to these devices, please elaborate on what types of operations they have been used to support (i.e., serious crime, human trafficking, etc)

- All current policies maintained by the San Francisco International Airport or Airport Commission regarding the use of such devices, even if no devices are currently available for use.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am journalist writing for Motherboard, VICE's technology and science site, and that this request is being made as part of news gathering.

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,

Joseph Cox