South Dakota marijuana citation data 2011-2014
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| Submitted | March 15, 2015 |
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From: Evan Anderson
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the South Dakota Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:
A copy of all data related to citations for marijuana possession on the state and local levels. I am specifically seeking any statistics related to the total number of arrests and/or citations for offenses related to marijuana as well as the ethnicity, age, sex, and other demographic information of the persons arrested and/or cited, if available. The time frame for which I am seeking records is from January 2011 through December 2014.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, and is not being made for commercial usage.
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 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Evan Anderson
From: Harms, Jonathan
Mr. Anderson,
Thank you for your request.
This is an email to tell you that I am no longer the open records contact for the South Dakota Department of Public Safety and therefore, I will not satisfy your request.
I have forwarded your email to the appropriate contact at the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
If you have any questions, you are welcome to call me at 605-773-3311 or you may call the South Dakota Department of Public Safety general number at 605-773-3178. Both of these numbers are published on South Dakota State Government webpages.
With Respect,
Jonathan Harms
From: Turman, Kristi
Evan: we have received your request for marijuana citations data. We are working to put together a cost estimate to gather this data, and we will send the estimate to you when we have it.
Kristi Turman
Director
Division of Emergency Services, and
Office of Communications
South Dakota Department of Public Safety
118 West Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501
From: Department of Public Safety
A letter stating the requester must agree to or prepay assessed or estimated fees in order for the agency to continue processing the request.
From: Turman, Kristi
Attached please find South Dakota's response to your open records request regarding marijuana citation data.
Kristi Turman
Director
Division of Emergency Services, and
Office of Communications
South Dakota Department of Public Safety
118 West Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501
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