Drone and UAV acquisition, policy, and use (City of Santa Barbara Police Department)
| Multi Request | Drone and UAV acquisition, policy, and use |
| Submitted | Aug. 5, 2020 |
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From: Beryl Lipton
All documents created from January 2010 through the date this request is processed related to the agency's use of airborne tools, vehicles, and weapons: aerial drones, remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs), remotely piloted aircraft (RPAs), unmanned aerials (UAs), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and/or unmanned aerial systems (UASs)(hereinafter “drones”).
Please search specifically records in each of the below document categories. A response to each of the categories and items would be appreciated.
ACQUISITION AND PROCUREMENT
i) requests for proposals (RFPs), proposals/quotes submitted by vendors, contracts, leases, budget requests, project/equipment budgets, cost allocations or reimbursements for the purchase of drone equipment;
ii) Grant applications and award letters for drone equipment purchases;
iii) Insurance contracts for all drone equipment;
iv) Communications (including electronic communications) between the agency head or agency quartermaster (or individual responsible for equipment purchases and maintenance) and drone vendors, manufacturers or retailers;
v) Communications (including electronic communications) between the agency head and agency quartermaster (or individual responsible for equipment purchases and maintenance) regarding acquisition, lease or use of drone equipment;
vi) Communications (including electronic communications) between the agency head and the governor, mayor and city/town manager regarding the acquisition of drones;
AUTHORIZATION
vii) Applications (including all components and support documentation) for Certificates of Waiver/Authorization (COA) from the Federal Aviation Administration, as well as COA grant notifications and final agreement;
viii) Contracts for services related to drones, such as data storage, data analysis, image storage, image analysis, video storage, video analysis, operation, maintenance;
EQUIPMENT LOGS and ADD-ONS
i) Inventories/logs/lists/databases of all drones owned, leased or operated by or for the agency;
ii) Maintenance logs for all drones owned, leased or otherwise operated by or for the agency;
iii) records and logs related to any attachments or additional equipment used or designed to be used with the drones, including all license plate readers, video cameras, thermal cameras, data storage, Stingrays or cell phone simulators, etc.
POLICIES AND GUIDANCE
i) Policies, guidelines, protocols, manuals and/or instructions on the use/operation of drones and usage of data, images and video obtained from drone flights;
ii) Communications from the agency head, quartermaster (or individual responsible for overseeing equipment purchases and maintenance) on approved uses for drones;
iii) Memorandums of understanding (MOUs), memorandums of agreement (MOAs) or any other agreements or contracts with other government agencies, private corporations, organizations or individuals to share drone equipment, data, images or video or to operate drones on behalf of the agency;
TRAINING DOCUMENTS
i) Curriculum used to train drone operators and observers;
ii) Training log for all drone operators and observers;
iii) Certifications of training completion for all drone operators and observers;
iv) Contracts, purchase orders, budget requests or reimbursement orders for training sessions for all drone operators and observers;
USE DOCUMENTS AND DATA
i) Flight logs for all drone flights, including training flights;
ii) Flight logs transmitted to the Federal Aviation Administration pursuant to Certificate of Waiver/Authorization (COA) requirements;
iii) Reprimands relating to drones, including misuse of equipment and failure to properly maintain equipment.
This request is being made by a reporter as part of a journalistic investigation. It is being submitted to your agency at the suggestion of a MuckRock reader from your community, part of a project to better understand uses of police force nationwide. This has been of public interest for many years and is of particular interest to the public following the widely-seen death of George Floyd and subsequent First Amendment-protected demonstrations and public discussion. There is no commercial interest in making this request or in receiving responsive records.
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,
Beryl Lipton
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 5, 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: City of Santa Barbara Police Department
Hello-
I have in my records that I received your request on August 10, 2020, please see the attached. This would give me until August 20, 2020 to provide a response.
I have made a request for the records and I am waiting for a reply if records exist. I will let you know as soon as possible.
Thank you,
Margarita Moreno
Records Manager, Records
City of Santa Barbara, Police Department
(805) 897-2358 | mmoreno@sbpd.com<mailto:mmoreno@sbpd.com>
From: City of Santa Barbara Police Department
Hello Ms. Lipton,
Please see the attached documents in response to your request.
I'm using Adobe Acrobat.
You can view "Accepted_ Phone meeting with SBPD and BRINC Drones @ Tue Jun 2, 2020 1pm - 1_30pm (PDT) (Nathaniel Brock).pdf" at: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:594f00ef-d13f-4164-b1e1-0efe11121748
You can view "Accepted_ Phone meeting with SBPD and BRINC Drones.pdf" at: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:e05c2cd1-0309-4b05-98db-cbbdeaf5c87d
You can view "BRINC Drones.pdf" at: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:985c7a54-c22b-4821-b737-1f189da8db5e
You can view "California Public Records Act Request_ Drone an....pdf" at: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:2b662874-8426-4b57-8679-5398bbce1158
You can view "Following Up.pdf 4.pdf" at: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:9e50df67-ac68-4508-b91b-5135c86f15e8
You can view "FW_ PRA Drones.pdf" at: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:b73fff2d-aa14-4cf7-aa71-95e4b5e326a2
You can view "FW_ SWAT Drone.pdf 3.pdf" at: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:2ae9e0f0-d224-4cc9-b88c-632457420a01
You can view "Great meeting you!.pdf" at: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:7a0358c6-75f9-498b-b402-6e2490fb7c62
You can view "LEMUR Drone Sole Source Justification Sheet (002).pdf" at: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:3f123ff2-4198-417e-a436-8c23c38f702f
You can view "RE_ Following Up.pdf" at: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:89479f2d-3dc5-41ba-88f9-c307865b3bac
You can view "Re_ Following Up.pdf 1.pdf" at: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:68289d1e-ebf8-44a1-bb46-5158cc2ff714
You can view "SWAT Drone Demo.pdf" at: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:0c0fa159-f00c-4868-83ee-109d7ded4856
You can view "response letter 08192020.pdf" at: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:e6051280-2d42-4b1b-83d4-cffa5a4f48c6
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best,
Margarita Moreno
Records Manager, Records
City of Santa Barbara, Police Department
(805) 897-2358 | mmoreno@sbpd.com<mailto:mmoreno@sbpd.com>
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