Contracts and Policies Regarding IMSI Catchers (St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department)
| Submitted | Oct. 31, 2016 |
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From: Curtis Waltman
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Missouri Sunshine Law and the Missouri Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:
Documents concerning IMSI catchers or any of the following words: "Stingray", "cell site simulator", or "dirtbox". including:
-Contracts with the Harris Corporation regarding the acquisition of their Stingray or KingFish IMSI catchers
-Department policies and procedure regarding the use of IMSI catcher technology
-policies and procedures on the keeping of statistics about the Department's use and acquisition of IMSI catchers
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 3 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Curtis Waltman
From: MEDIA@slmpd.org
Curtis,
Your Sunshine Law request has been received and will be forward for further review.
Thanks
Barbara
From: MEDIA@slmpd.org
Curtis,
Per our Legal Division -
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is in the process of locating records that are responsive to your request. If public records are identified, we will first review and determine whether they are subject to public disclosure pursuant to Chapter 610 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, and whether they contain any, otherwise, legally protected information. Please allow us forty (40) days to complete this process. We will then notify you of what public records are available and the cost required for the production of the records once we are able to ascertain these details. Thank you.
Thanks
Barbara
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 Oct. 31, 2016. 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: MEDIA@slmpd.org
Curtis,
Your request for a status update has been received and will be forward for review.
Thanks
Barbara
From: MEDIA@slmpd.org
Curtis,
You should have received a response from us on November 3, 2016. Please see below.
Thanks
Barbara
Thu 11/3, 11:04 AM
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Curtis,
Per our Legal Division -
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is in the process of locating records that are responsive to your request. If public records are identified, we will first review and determine whether they are subject to public disclosure pursuant to Chapter 610 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, and whether they contain any, otherwise, legally protected information. Please allow us forty (40) days to complete this process. We will then notify you of what public records are available and the cost required for the production of the records once we are able to ascertain these details. Thank you.
Thanks
Barbara
From: MEDIA@slmpd.org
Hello,
Per our Legal Division-
--Documents concerning IMSI catchers or any of the following words: "Stingray", "cell site simulator", or "dirtbox".
It is the position of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (“SLMPD”) that records you are seeking are closed under Missouri law pursuant to Sections 610.021(14), (18) and (21) and 610.100.3, RSMo, as well as Federal law pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4), b(6), b(7)(c)-(e), 6 U.S.C. § 482(e), 18 U.S.C. § 2512 and 22 C.F.R. §§ 120-130. Generally, it is the position of the SLMPD that the disclosure of how law enforcement uses cell site stimulator technology in criminal investigations could jeopardize the use of the technology in future investigations in that people engaged in criminal activity may alter their behavior and avoid detection based on the disclosure of how this technology works.
--Contracts with the Harris Corporation regarding the acquisition of their Stingray or KingFish IMSI catchers.
The SLMPD has no responsive records.
--Department policies and procedure regarding the use of IMSI catcher technology -policies and procedures on the keeping of statistics about the Department's use and acquisition of IMSI catchers.
Please find attached Section II of Special Order 8-02 titled “Searches With and Without Warrants” in response to this request. The SLMPD does not have any further responsive records to this request.
Thank you,
Leah K. Freeman
Public Information Division
St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
1915 Olive, Room 728
St. Louis, MO 63103
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