J20 Body Camera Footage (Metropolitan Police Department)

Curtis Waltman filed this request with the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, DC.
Due April 6, 2017
Est. Completion None
Status
Awaiting Response

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From: Curtis Waltman

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act of 1974, D.C. Code Ann. § 2-531 et seq. ("D.C. Act"), I hereby request the following records:

This is an updated request. Body camera footage from an officer wearing helmet number 497 at the intersection of L Street NW and Massachusetts Avenue NW and 11th Street NW on January 20th 2017 at 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM.

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,

Curtis Waltman

From: MuckRock

For your identification purposes I have included an image of the officer wearing the helmet with the numbers 497.

From:

Dear Mr. Waltman:
This office is in receipt of your Freedom of Information Actrequest. Your FOIA Request Number is 2017-BWC-00067. Your assigned FOIA Specialist is ChaquonnaPrice. For most records, pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 2-532, wehave fifteen (15) business days, subject to the possibility of a ten (10)business-day extension, to respond to the request as of the date ofreceipt. However, for body-worn cameravideo requests, we have twenty-five (25) business days, subject to thepossibility of a fifteen (15) business-day extension, to respond to therequest. If you have any questions regarding your request, pleasecontact the assigned FOIA Specialist at (202) 727-3721. For ease of reference, we ask that you haveyour FOIA Request Number available when you contact our office. Very truly yours, Donald Kaufman MPD FOIA Officer

From: Curtis Waltman

Hi Mr. Kaufman,

Thank you for letting me know. For correspondence purposes I would like to inform you that the best email to respond to this request is requests@muckrock.com. Also, I just want to make sure the officers helmet ID number is correctly logged as 497. I realize I had sent a request with the wrong helmet number. Thank you for your understanding, take care.

Sincerely,
Curtis Waltman
MuckRock News

From: Kaufman, Donald (MPD)

Mr. Waltman:

I noticed that the second request was a correction of the first request, so I entered it as one request.

Our tracking system lists one email address for each requester. As you have several requests, which I suspect will be a continuing status, a change in an email address will affect all of your requests. Thus, we need to recall in processing this one that you have a different preferred address, but our system is not configured to do it automatically.

Donald Kaufman

From: MuckRock

Hi Mrs. Price,

I believe male with a helmet number of 497. I have included a picture if that helps. Thank you!

Sincerely,
Curtis Waltman

From: MuckRock

Hi Mr. Kaufman,

Could you clarify for me what email address you used? I wasn't totally clear from your email. Thank you for all your help,

Sincerely,
Curtis Waltman

From: Kaufman, Donald (MPD)

The current email address in your file is requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>. As I mentioned, if we change it for one request, it changes for all your requests.

I have been experiencing a particularly heavy workload of late. I appreciate your patience and will be in touch.

From: Curtis Waltman

Ok that's great thank you, just wanted to make sure. No worries, I understand. Thank you for your time and effort, I look forward to hearing back.

Sincerely,
Curtis Waltman

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