Joe Munson footage
Submitted | Nov. 11, 2015 |
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From: Jason Blalock
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act (California Government Code §§ 6250), I hereby request the following records:
I am looking for Sonoma County body camera footage from a marijuana farm raid that took place on or around September 16, 2015 at the residence of Joseph Munson - 9360 Highway 116, Forestville CA 95436. There were approximately 10 officers wearing body cameras during the incident.
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 fees cannot be waived, 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,
Jason Blalock
From: Sonoma County Sheriff's Office
The request has been rejected, with the agency stating that the information or document(s) requested are exempt from disclosure.
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 11, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Sheriff-CIB
Mr. Blalock, my apologies for the delay. The SCSO response was sent on November 18th via USPS to MuckRock, DEPT MR 22351, PO Box 55819, Boston, MA 02205-5819. If you don’t receive it by the end of the week, please contact us and it will be sent again.
Thank you.
From: Jason Blalock
Hi, thanks for your response. If you could resend the response to my local address that would be great:
Jason Blalock
PO Box 3005
Berkeley, CA 94703
And please feel free to call and discuss. If any of the footage is available, I'd be happy to come by your office and pick it up, I live just down the road in the Bay Area.
Thanks,
Jason Blalock
415-672-0062
From: Jason Blalock
Hello,
In a letter to your office, I made an unsuccessful FOIA request in December, pursuant to the case against Joseph Munson. The case was resolved last week, so I am re-submitting my FOIA request:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act (California Government Code §§ 6250), I hereby request the following records:
I am looking for Sonoma County body camera footage from a marijuana farm raid that took place on or around September 16, 2015 at the residence of Joseph Munson - 9360 Highway 116, Forestville CA 95436. There were approximately 10 officers wearing body cameras during the incident.
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 fees cannot be waived, 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,
Jason Blalock
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