Tacoma Police emails mentioning #OccupyICE, June 20, 2018-present
| Tracking # |
T000160-07018 T000160-070218 |
| Submitted | June 30, 2018 |
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From: Christopher Schiano
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any email sent or received by any employee of the Tacoma Police Department between the dates of June 20, 2018 and the date on which this request is processed.
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 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Christopher Schiano
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Washington Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 30, 2018. 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: Tacoma Police Department
Dear Christopher Schiano,
Your request was received and processed by the City of Tacoma through the GovQA website. To view correspondence to your public disclosure request you will need to review them in the GovQA system.
To view your request, and submit all future requests, please submit through https://tacoma.mycusthelp.com/WEBAPP/_rs/supporthome.aspx.
Regards,
Lisa Anderson | Public Disclosure Analyst
Public Records Office
Tacoma Public Utilities
lisa.anderson@cityoftacoma.org<mailto:lisa.anderson@cityoftacoma.org>
P: (253) 779-7002
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Washington Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 30, 2018. 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: Tacoma Police Department
--- Please respond above this line ---
08/21/2018
Mr. Christopher Schiano
411A Highland Ave Dept MR 57055
Somerville, MA 02144-2516
RE: PDR # T000160-070218
Dear Mr. Christopher Schiano, Please see below response to your public records request dated 7/2/2018, in which you requested the following information: “Any email sent or received by any employee of the Tacoma Police Department between the dates of June 20, 2018 and the date on which this request is processed.” It has been determined your request for "all emails sent or received by any employee of the Tacoma Police Department between the dates of June 20, 2018 and July 2, 2018," is not a request for identifiable public records. To meet the “identifiable public record” test a request must provide a "reasonable description" of the records "enabling the government employee to locate the requested records." Bonamy v. City of Seattle, 92 Wn. App. 403, 410, 960P.2d 447 (1998); WAC 44-14-04002 Therefore, your request T000160-070218 is considered closed. If you have specific identifying information, please submit a new public records request at the following link: https://tacoma.mycusthelp.com/WEBAPP/_rs/supporthome.aspx If you have further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. Regards, Lisa Anderson Public Disclosure Analyst Public Records Office (253) 779-7002
To monitor the progress or update this request please log into the Public Records Center (https://tacoma.mycusthelp.com/WEBAPP/_rs/RequestEdit.aspx?rid=365&coid=)
From: Tacoma Police Department
--- Please respond above this line ---
08/21/2018
Mr. Christopher Schiano
411A Highland Ave Dept MR 57055
Somerville, MA 02144-2516
RE: PDR # T000160-070218
Dear Mr. Christopher Schiano, Please see below response to your public records request dated 7/2/2018, in which you requested the following information: “Any email sent or received by any employee of the Tacoma Police Department between the dates of June 20, 2018 and the date on which this request is processed.” It has been determined your request for "all emails sent or received by any employee of the Tacoma Police Department between the dates of June 20, 2018 and July 2, 2018," is not a request for identifiable public records. To meet the “identifiable public record” test a request must provide a "reasonable description" of the records "enabling the government employee to locate the requested records." Bonamy v. City of Seattle, 92 Wn. App. 403, 410, 960P.2d 447 (1998); WAC 44-14-04002 Therefore, your request T000160-070218 is considered closed. If you have specific identifying information, please submit a new public records request at the following link: https://tacoma.mycusthelp.com/WEBAPP/_rs/supporthome.aspx If you have further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. Regards, Lisa Anderson Public Disclosure Analyst Public Records Office (253) 779-7002
To monitor the progress or update this request please log into the Public Records Center (https://tacoma.mycusthelp.com/WEBAPP/_rs/RequestEdit.aspx?rid=365&coid=)
From: Christopher Schiano
Hello,
I would like to appeal the denial of this request which was denied on the grounds that "is not a request for identifiable public records." I believe that a simple keyword search of an email database, for a period stretching for about two weeks, is a reasonable request that the agency is able to fulfill, and in fact many agencies regularly fulfill requests of this exact format. If there are costs associated with producing the records responsive to my request, my media organization is most likely willing to pay them. Please proceed with this request for these identifiable public records.
sincerely,
Christopher Schiano
From: Tacoma Police Department
The request has been rejected by the agency.
From: Tacoma Police Department
Mr. Schiano:
Attached is my response to your appeal regarding PDR T000160-070218. If you have any additional questions, please contact me. Thank you.
Doris Sorum
City Clerk
253-591-5361
dsorum@cityoftacoma.org<mailto:dsorum@cityoftacoma.org>
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