Clearview AI, Tacoma PD

We received your request Reference number: T006332-111020 Date received: November 10, 2020 Records Requested: To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Emails sent to, from, or copied to your agency's staff since January 1, 2018, mentioning "Clearview." (Background: Clearview AI is a company that provides facial recognition software and services.)

Please send records in their native electronic format. Please do not create new records, such as one might do by taking screen shots or creating PDFs of page views.

Please provide the records by e-mail attachment(s) if possible, or on CDROM(s) delivered via postal mail if not. Please do not ask me to use your workflow management software in order to retrieve responsive records.

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.

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,

Phil Mocek

Upload documents directly: https://https://www.muckrock.comhttps://www.muckrock.com/ We make every effort to respond to requests as soon as possible. By state law, we must respond within five (5) business days. The day the request is received does not count as one of the five business days.

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11/19/2020
Phil Mocek
MuckRock News DEPT MR 104785 411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA  02144
RE: PDR # T006332-111020
Dear Phil Mocek,
The City of Tacoma and Tacoma Public Utilities has received your public records request dated 11/10/2020, in which you requested the following information:
“To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Emails sent to, from, or copied to your agency's staff since January 1, 2018, mentioning "Clearview." (Background: Clearview AI is a company that provides facial recognition software and services.)

Please send records in their native electronic format. Please do not create new records, such as one might do by taking screen shots or creating PDFs of page views.

Please provide the records by e-mail attachment(s) if possible, or on CDROM(s) delivered via postal mail if not. Please do not ask me to use your workflow management software in order to retrieve responsive records.

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.

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,

Phil Mocek

Upload documents directly: https://https://www.muckrock.comhttps://www.muckrock.com/ In order to implementappropriate measures to protect our customers and staff, you may experience adelay in service. This is due to city employees working remotely from home and not havingthe ability to perform their duties due to access to physical files,co-workers, or their work site. We will continue to process your request andproduce responsive records as quickly as we can, however, we ask for your understandingthat estimated delivery dates may be longer than usual. With that said, we areattempting to locate and assemble the materials requested and to determinewhether any of the documents are exempt from disclosure and we anticipate thatwe should have responsive documents on or before December 11, 2020. If there arequestions, or delays we will contact you accordingly.
In the meantime, if you should have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Regards,
Lisa Anderson
Public Disclosure Analyst
Public Records Office
(253) 779-7002

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11/23/2020
Phil Mocek
MuckRock News DEPT MR 104785 411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA  02144
RE: PDR # T006332-111020
Dear Phil Mocek,
The City of Tacoma and Tacoma Public Utilities has received your public records request dated 11/10/2020, in which you requested the following information:
“To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Emails sent to, from, or copied to your agency's staff since January 1, 2018, mentioning "Clearview." (Background: Clearview AI is a company that provides facial recognition software and services.)

Please send records in their native electronic format. Please do not create new records, such as one might do by taking screen shots or creating PDFs of page views.

Please provide the records by e-mail attachment(s) if possible, or on CDROM(s) delivered via postal mail if not. Please do not ask me to use your workflow management software in order to retrieve responsive records.

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.

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,

Phil Mocek

Upload documents directly: https://https://www.muckrock.comhttps://www.muckrock.com/
After searching further, the Tacoma Police Department  made a diligent and good-faith effort to locate records that are responsive to your above request, similar to your firm former requests related to Clearview and Clearview AI, requests T004258-012020 and T005183-060920.
Your request T006332-111020 is now closed. Please contact me immediately if you believe that different or additional records should have been provided in response to your request.
Regards,
Lisa Anderson
Public Disclosure Analyst
Public Records Office
(253) 779-7002