High Tech Crime Consortium ListServ (Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office)

Dear Emma Best:
Thank you for your interest in public records of Santa Barbara County Sheriff.  Your request has been received and is being processed.  Your request was received in this office on 8/11/2020 and given the reference number P000909-081120 for tracking purposes. To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Copies of emails sent to, from, or through the High Tech Crime Consortium ListServ. The emails may be identified by having one or more of the following:

* A sender with a display name of either "High Tech Crime Consortium Listserv" or "High Tech Crime Consortium"
* A subject containing either "HTCC" or "[HTCC]"
* Sent to or from an email address containing "htcc" or hightechcrimecops.org

You may limit this request to records generated between April 1, 1998 and the date of the processing of this request.

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.

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 calendar days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Emma Best

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Re: Public Records Request of August 11, 2020. Reference #: P000909-081120
Dear Emma Best:
We have now completed the e-mail search you requested, and here are the results: 437  total e-mails
19    e-mails were Non-Responsive (not related to your request)
192  e-mails were exempt from disclosure per Government Code 6254(f) - Intelligence Information.
226  e-mails were responsive to your request
The 226 e-mails have been released to our online Public Records Center. You can log into the system and download your responsive records.
Should you have any additional questions or concerns, please respond to this email.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Richard Soto
Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office
Records