Seattle Bail Returned / Funding records
| Tracking # |
P059028-060820 |
| Submitted | June 6, 2020 |
| Est. Completion | Oct. 9, 2020 |
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From: Euan Kemp
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
1. All bail amounts requested over the last 5+ years (if easily available, any longer duration up to 20 years).
2. For each record above, whether the requested bail was paid
3. For each record above, whether the bail was returned
4. For any bail that was not returned, a reason/classification of why it was not returned
5. And for whatever bail amount was not returned, where that money was allocated (if available).
If additional associated data, such as the police case number, suspect's race, classification of the suspected crime, etc is easily able to associated to bail records, I would appreciate it as well, though my main interest is the data about bail amounts and whether it was returned or not.
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 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Euan Kemp
From: Municipal Court of Seattle
At this time, the Seattle Police Department’s Legal Unit is operating under an extreme backlog of requests, staffing shortages, the redeployment of supporting units to SPD’s frontline COVID-19 response, and, pursuant to CDC recommendations and City direction, reassignment to remote access. For these reasons, our ability to process new requests is substantially limited; we are currently estimating minimum response timelines, depending on the volume and complexity of requests, in excess of 6-12 months. Current requests should likewise anticipate that it will take additional time to process records and respond. We apologize for any inconvenience, and deeply appreciate your understanding as we all pull together, in the face of this unprecedented, pandemic public crisis, to manage as best we can our business operations.
Dear Euan Kemp:
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Your request was received on June 08, 2020and the reference number is P059028-060820.
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To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
1. All bail amounts requested over the last 5+ years (if easily available, any longer duration up to 20 years).
2. For each record above, whether the requested bail was paid
3. For each record above, whether the bail was returned
4. For any bail that was not returned, a reason/classification of why it was not returned
5. And for whatever bail amount was not returned, where that money was allocated (if available).
If additional associated data, such as the police case number, suspect's race, classification of the suspected crime, etc is easily able to associated to bail records, I would appreciate it as well, though my main interest is the data about bail amounts and whether it was returned or not.
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 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Euan Kemp
From: Municipal Court of Seattle
06/08/2020
Euan Kemp
requests@muckrock.com
RE: Public Disclosure Request #: P059028-060820
Dear Euan Kemp,
This communication is in response to your public disclosure request.
The purpose of this correspondence is to provide you a status update. Your request status is: Assigned.
If you have any questions, you may send messages using the Police Records Request Center or call the Public Disclosure Desk at 206-684-5481.
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SPD receives between 7000 and 8000 public records requests annually and is processing between 1400 to 1500 open requests at a time. This may result in a slower than anticipated response to your request. Thank you for your patience.
From: Municipal Court of Seattle
06/13/2020
Euan Kemp
requests@muckrock.com
RE: Public Disclosure Request#: P059028-060820
Dear Euan Kemp,
This communication is in response to your public disclosure request.
The purpose of this correspondence is to provide you a status update. Your request status is: Being Researched/Reviewed.
If you have any questions, you may send messages using the Police Records Request Center or call the Public Disclosure Desk at 206-684-5481.
Please add seattle@mycusthelp.net to your E-mail contacts/address book to ensure delivery of the record center E-mails to your Inbox.
This is an auto-generated email and has originated from an unmonitored email account. Please DO NOT REPLY.
SPD receives between 7000 and 8000 public records requests annually and is processing between 1400 to 1500 open requests at a time. This may result in a slower than anticipated response to your request. Thank you for your patience.
From: Municipal Court of Seattle
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06/13/2020
Euan Kemp
requests@muckrock.com
RE: Public Disclosure Request#: P059028-060820
Dear Euan Kemp,
This communication is in response to your public disclosure request received on June 08, 2020. At this time, the Seattle Police Department’s Legal Unit is operating under an extreme backlog of requests, staffing shortages, the redeployment of supporting units to SPD’s frontline COVID-19 response, and, pursuant to CDC recommendations and City direction, reassignment to remote access. For these reasons, our ability to process new requests is substantially limited; we are currently estimating minimum response timelines, depending on the volume and complexity of requests, in excess of 6-12 months. Current requests should likewise anticipate that it will take additional time to process records and respond. We apologize for any inconvenience, and deeply appreciate your understanding as we all pull together, in the face of this unprecedented, pandemic public crisis, to manage as best we can our business operations.
Pursuant to RCW 42.56.520, this is notification that the Seattle Police Department has received your public disclosure records request and needs additional time to respond.
At this time, we anticipate having a response or a status update to you on or about 10/9/2020.
We are initiating the process of researching your request, collecting responsive records, and/or preparing records for dissemination.
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,
Larissa Malanca
Seattle Police Department
Legal Unit
SPD receives between 7000 and 8000 public records requests annually and is processing between 1400 to 1500 open requests at a time. This may result in a slower than anticipated response to your request. Thank you for your patience.
As a reminder you can login at the Police Records Request Center where you can access Police online information, manage your profile, submit record requests, track your request status, receive and send messages, make payments, view frequently asked questions, and download your records.
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From: Municipal Court of Seattle
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10/08/2020
Euan Kemp
requests@muckrock.com
RE: Public Disclosure Request#: P059028-060820
Dear Euan Kemp,
This communication is in response to your public disclosure request received on June 08, 2020.
Dear Euan,
SPD does not maintain comprehensive records regarding bail payments. We suggest you file separate requests with the Seattle Municipal Court, King County District Courts, and King County Superior Courts for the information you are seeking, as they issue and maintain bail amounts.
To provide any of the information requested, we would need to complete a hand search of every incident report for the time period specified to see if bail was mentioned in them and then provide those for you so you can extract the data needed.
If you would like SPD to perform this hand search, please let us know within 30 days. If we do not hear from you in 30 days, we assume you will be reaching out to the agencies referenced above and will close your request with SPD.
Thank you,
Lara Malanca
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,
Larissa Malanca
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.
As a reminder you can login at the Police Records Request Center where you can access Police online information, manage your profile, submit record requests, track your request status, receive and send messages, make payments, view frequently asked questions, and download your records.
Please add seattle@mycusthelp.net to your E-mail contacts/address book to ensure delivery of the record center E-mails to your Inbox. (mailto:seattle@mycusthelp.net)
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Washington Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 8, 2020. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Oct. 9, 2020. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #P059028-060820.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Municipal Court of Seattle
--- Please respond above this line ---
09/29/2023
Euan Kemp
requests@muckrock.com
RE: Public Disclosure Request#: P059028-060820
Dear Euan Kemp,
This communication is in response to your public disclosure request received on June 08, 2020.
Hello,
The following message was sent to you on 10/08/2020:
"SPD does not maintain comprehensive records regarding bail payments. We suggest you file separate requests with the Seattle Municipal Court, King County District Courts, and King County Superior Courts for the information you are seeking, as they issue and maintain bail amounts.
To provide any of the information requested, we would need to complete a hand search of every incident report for the time period specified to see if bail was mentioned in them and then provide those for you so you can extract the data needed.
If you would like SPD to perform this hand search, please let us know within 30 days. If we do not hear from you in 30 days, we assume you will be reaching out to the agencies referenced above and will close your request with SPD."
SPD did not receive clarification from you within 30 days and closed this request for failure to clarify. If you would like these records, you may submit a new request for them. Please reference this PDR Number (P059028-060820).
Thank you,
Lara Malanca
SPD Legal Unit
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,
Larissa Malanca
Seattle Police Department
Legal Unit
SPD receives between 7, 000 and 8, 000 public records requests annually and is processing between 2, 500 to 3, 000 open requests at any given time. This may result in a slower than anticipated response to your request. Thank you for your
patience.
As a reminder you can login at the Police Records Request Center where you can access Police online information, manage your profile, submit record requests, track your request status, receive and send messages, make payments, view frequently asked questions, and download your records.
Please add seattle@mycusthelp.net to your E-mail contacts/address book to ensure delivery of the record center E-mails to your Inbox. (mailto:seattle@mycusthelp.net)
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