ICE detainee referrals (Tucson Police Department)

Thank you. Your follow up has been forwarded to our Public Information Office, as was your original request.

>>> Dongjae Jung <requests@muckrock.com> 2/13/2014 3:00 AM >>>

February 13, 2014
Tucson Police Department
270 S. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701

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 Jan. 29, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

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On Jan. 29, 2014:

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the state open records law, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. Secs. 39-121 to 39-122 and 39-128, I hereby request the following records:

A list or log of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement referrals made by the Tucson Police Department since January 2009 grouped by month, year, and reason for arrest, reason for referral, and whether ICE took custody of the arrestee or not. If no such log is kept, please perform a word search on the police reporting system, using keywords: Immigration, ICE and detainer, and provide copies of records that indicate a referral was made to ICE.

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,

Dongjae Jung

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MuckRock News
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My name is Sergeant Chris Widmer with the Tucson Police Department. Our agency received a FOIA request from MuckRock.com on January 29, 2014. It was authored by Dongjae Jung. The request was initially sent to our Records Department but has since been sent to me in the Public Information Office for follow up. I've reviewed your request and looked into what information I can retrieve. There are parts of your request that we have readily available to send to you and parts of your requests that we cannot fulfill as we do no track that type of information. There is also a fee for the documents you have requested. I would like to discuss these issues further with Mr. Jung or anyone else at MuckRock that is familiar with the request. I can be reached at 520-791-4852. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sergeant Chris Widmer
Tucson Police Department
Public Information Office
(520) 791-4852
Tucsonpdpio@gmail.com

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