Drone Documents (Stark County Sheriff)

>Mr. Musgrave 

As we have previously responded to your
many email requests, we do not have any records related to your
public records request.

Sheriff George T. Maier
Stark
County Sheriff's Office

> January 31, 2014
>
Stark County Sheriff
> 4500 Atlantic Blvd., N.E.
>
Canton, Ohio 44705
>
> This is a follow up to a previous
request:
>
>
>
> To Whom It May
Concern:
>
> I wanted to follow up on the following
Freedom of Information request,
> copied below, and originally
submitted on Oct. 15, 2013. Please let me
> know when I can
expect to receive a response, or if further clarification
> is
needed.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
>
> ---
>
> On Jan. 10, 2014:
>

> To Whom It May Concern:
>
> I wanted to
follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
>
copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 15, 2013. Please let me
> know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further
clarification
> is needed.
>
> Thank you for
your help.
>
>
> ---
>
> On
Dec. 13, 2013:
>
> To Whom It May Concern:
>

> I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information
request,
> copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 15,
2013. Please let me
> know when I can expect to receive a
response, or if further clarification
> is needed.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
>
> ---
>
> On Oct. 30, 2013:
>
> To Whom It May
Concern:
>
> I wanted to follow up on the following
Freedom of Information request,
> copied below, and originally
submitted on Oct. 15, 2013. Please let me
> know when I can
expect to receive a response, or if further clarification
> is
needed.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
>
> ---
>
> On Oct. 15, 2013:
>

> To Whom It May Concern:
>
> Pursuant to the
Ohio Open Records Law, I hereby request the following
> records:

>
> All documents created from January 2005 to the date
this request is
> processed related to the agency's use of aerial
drones, remotely piloted
> vehicles (RPVs), remotely piloted
aircraft (RPAs), unmanned aerials (UAs),
> unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs), and/or unmanned aerial systems
>
(UASs)(hereinafter “drones”).
>

> Please search specifically for the below document categories,
and respond
> to each of the categories and items:
>
> 1) Acquisition documents:
>
> i) requests for
proposals (RFPs), proposals/quotes submitted by vendors,
>
contracts, leases, budget requests, project/equipment budgets, cost
> allocations or reimbursements for the purchase of drone equipment;

>
> ii) Grant applications and award letters for drone
equipment purchases;
>
> iii) Insurance contracts for
all drone equipment;
>
> iv) Communications (including
electronic communications) between the
> agency head or agency
quartermaster (or individual responsible for
> equipment
purchases and maintenance) and drone vendors, manufacturers or
>
retailers;
>
> v) Communications (including electronic
communications) between the agency
> head and agency
quartermaster (or individual responsible for equipment
>
purchases and maintenance) regarding acquisition, lease or use of drone

> equipment;
>
> vi) Communications (including
electronic communications) between the
> agency head and the
governor, mayor and city/town manager regarding the
> acquisition
of drones;
>
> vii) Applications (including all
components and support documentation) for
> Certificates of
Waiver/Authorization (COA) from the Federal Aviation
>
Administration, as well as COA grant notifications and final agreement;

>
> viii) Contracts for services related to drones, such
as data storage, data
> analysis, image storage, image analysis,
video storage, video analysis,
> operation, maintenance;
>
>
> 2) Equipment logs:
>
> i)
Inventories/logs/lists/databases of all drones owned, leased or
>
operated by or for the agency;
>
> ii) Maintenance logs
for all drones owned, leased or otherwise operated by
> or for
the agency;
>
>
> 3) Policy documents:
>
> i) Policies, guidelines, protocols, manuals and/or
instructions on the
> use/operation of drones and usage of data,
images and video obtained from
> drone flights;
>
> ii) Communications from the agency head, quartermaster (or
individual
> responsible for overseeing equipment purchases and
maintenance) on
> approved uses for drones;
>
>
iii) Memorandums of understanding (MOUs), memorandums of agreement (MOAs)

> or any other agreements or contracts with other government
agencies,
> private corporations, organizations or individuals to
share drone
> equipment, data, images or video or to operate
drones on behalf of the
> agency;
>
>
> 4) Training documents:
>
> i) Curriculum used to
train drone operators and observers;
>
> ii) Training
log for all drone operators and observers;
>
> iii)
Certifications of training completion for all drone operators and
> observers;
>
> iv) Contracts, purchase orders,
budget requests or reimbursement orders
> for training sessions
for all drone operators and observers;
>
>
> 5)
Usage documents:
>
> i) Flight logs for all drone
flights, including training flights;
>
> ii) Flight logs
transmitted to the Federal Aviation Administration
> pursuant to
Certificate of Waiver/Authorization (COA) requirements;
>
> iii) Reprimands relating to drones, including misuse of equipment
and
> failure to properly maintain equipment.
>
> I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe
this
> request is in the public interest. The requested documents
will be made
> available to the general public free of charge as
part of the public
> information service at MuckRock.com,
processed by a representative of the
> news media/press and is
made in the process of news gathering and not 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
> would request your
response within ten (10) business days.
>
> Sincerely,

>
> Shawn Musgrave
>
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