BRS Labs/Omni AI/Giant Gray Documents
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Submitted | June 6, 2019 |
Est. Completion | None |
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From: Sara O'Connor
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the DC Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any and all documents pertaining to BRS Labs (http://brslabs.com/) -- formerly/also known as: Behavioral Recognition Systems, Inc.; Giant Gray, Inc.; Omni AI, Inc.; hereafter collectively referred to as BRS Labs -- and any/all of their product(s) or services ranging from 2013 up until now. Documents being requested here should include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Invoices or receipts for the purchase of any BRS Labs product or service
- Contracts mentioning BRS Labs or their produts/services
- Email correspondences with BRS Labs (such as brslabs.com, omniai.ai, omniaicorp.com or giantgray.com addresses)
- Guidelines mentioning BRS Labs or their products/services
- Bulletins mentioning BRS Labs or their products/services
- Briefings mentioning BRS Labs or their products/services
- MOUs from BRS Labs
- Brochures/Marketing materials or product/service specifications regarding BRS Labs products/services
- Manuals regarding BRS Labs products/services
- Privacy Policies regarding BRS Labs products/services
- Any/all digitally disseminated publications from your agency mentioning BRS Labs or their products/services
I am confident there are documents relevant to this request based on prior media coverage mentioning D.C.'s use of the BRS Labs product AISight in Wired (https://www.wired.com/2016/02/esther-hovers-false-positives/) and Bloomberg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1lO-QDH7Z4; https://web.archive.org/web/20150217070310/http://www.bloomberg.com:80/news/videos/b/d260fb95-751b-43d5-ab8d-26ca87fa8b83), and it is documented that Behavioral Recognition Systems, Inc.; Giant Gray, Inc.; Omni AI, Inc.; and BRS Labs are in essence the same company: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/behavioral-recognition-systems & https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/omni-ai-inc
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 15 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Sara O'Connor
From: Metropolitan Police Department
This is an automated message from the DC Government FOIA system. Dear Sara O'Connor, Request Number 2019-FOIA-05626 has been assigned to the request you submitted in relation to: Request description: To Whom It May Concern:Pursuant to the DC Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:Any and all documents pertaining to BRS Labs (http://brslabs.com/) -- formerly/also known as: Behavioral Recognition Systems, Inc.; Giant Gray, Inc.; Omni AI, Inc.; hereafter collectively referred to as BRS Labs -- and any/all of their product(s) or services ranging from 2013 up until now. Documents being requested here should include, but are not limited to, the following:- Invoices or receipts for the purchase of any BRS Labs product or service- Contracts mentioning BRS Labs or their produts/services- Email correspondences with BRS Labs (such as brslabs.com, omniai.ai, omniaicorp.com or giantgray.com addresses)- Guidelines mentioning BRS Labs or their products/services- Bulletins mentioning BRS Labs or their products/services- Briefings mentioning BRS Labs or their products/services- MOUs from BRS Labs- Brochures/Marketing materials or product/service specifications regarding BRS Labs products/services- Manuals regarding BRS Labs products/services- Privacy Policies regarding BRS Labs products/services- Any/all digitally disseminated publications from your agency mentioning BRS Labs or their products/servicesI am confident there are documents relevant to this request based on prior media coverage mentioning D.C.'s use of the BRS Labs product AISight in Wired (https://www.wired.com/2016/02/esther-hovers-false-positives/) and Bloomberg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1lO-QDH7Z4; https://web.archive.org/web/20150217070310/http://www.bloomberg.com:80/news/videos/b/d260fb95-751b-43d5-ab8d-26ca87fa8b83), and it is documented that Behavioral Recognition Systems, Inc.; Giant Gray, Inc.; Omni AI, Inc.; and BRS Labs are in essence the same company: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/behavioral-recognition-systems & https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/omni-ai-incThe 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 15 business days, as the statute requires.Sincerely,Sara O'Connor
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From: Metropolitan Police Department
Dear Ms./Mrs. O’Connor, This office is inreceipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Your FOIA request numberis 2019-FOIA-05626 and your assigned FOIA Specialist is Tara Branch. If you have anyquestions regarding your request, please contact the assigned FOIA Specialistat (202) 727-3721. For ease of reference, we ask that you have your FOIARequest Number available when you contact our office. Fee Notification There is no fee tosubmit a FOIA request. However, you may be charged fees for searching,reviewing, and reproducing records. The Metropolitan Police Department maycharge the following fees:
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From: Sara O'Connor
To Whom It May Concern:
Regarding request number 2019-FOIA-05626, would it be possible to have documents emailed or uploaded to dropbox instead of mailed? Also, if there are other fees, a response stating them would be very helpful. The status currently reads "On Hold - Fee Related" but the listed "Fee Due" is $0.00. I would be happy to provide any additional information or pay any fees required. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Sara O'Connor
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Metropolitan Police Department
Dear Sara O'Connor,
Attached find a response to your FOIA request.
Regards,
Ms. Branch
FOIA Specialist
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