J20-J21 MPD CDU, SOD, STB Search Terms 1
| Tracking # |
2020-FOIA-01117 |
| Submitted | Oct. 30, 2019 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Gary Roland
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Copies of any and all public records mentioning any of the (case insensitive) terms "event", "7th and Constitution Avenue", "Judiciary Square", "Federal South", "John Marshall Park", "reunification", "famliy room", "Loft 5B", "crowds", "crowd control", "blocking trucks", "emergency support function", "ESF", "National Special Security Event", "NSSE", "DC National Guard", "Long Range Acoustic Device", "LRAD", or "Jump Team", generated by the Civil Disturbance Unit, the Special Operations Division, and the Special Tactics Branch on dates between January 19th, 2017 and January 21st, 2017.
Please also search for and produce any and all of the below available types records that are relevant to this inquiry:
a) cross-referenced records;
b) Indices & records of Electronic Surveillance (ELSUR), Microphone Surveillance (MISUR), Physical Surveillance (FISUR), Technical Surveillance (TESUR), and Human Intelligence (HUMINT);
c) search records generated to process this request;
d) records containing, mentioned by or attached to the records responsive to this request.
Please produce all responsive records with their administrative markings intact, including but not limited to, any and all headers, seals, signatures, as well as administrative and summary records. If previously released records are available, then we request a rolling release consisting of those records while additional records are located and processed for release. Whenever records would be withheld or redacted, please ensure such actions are explicitly allowed under applicable law. For any such redacted or withheld records, please supply the specific parts of all statutes and laws justifying the actions taken. We ask the agency respond with the remainder of such records, redacting and withholding only the portion(s) that are exempt.
Whenever possible, please provide all records in digital formats that are both searchable and sortable.
If any of the records requested are not in your custody or control, please state to the best of your knowledge and belief the reason for their absence from your custody and control, their location, and what person or agency then has custody and control. In such a case, please forward this letter to the appropriate custodian(s) of records, and let us know to whom/where it was forwarded. If any of the records requested are not readily available for examination or copying for any reason, please notify us with a date and hour at which time the records will be available.
Please cite any extenuating circumstances delaying a response to this letter, and when copies will be available, or the ability to inspect the requested records will be possible. If you deny any part or all of this request, please notify us of the appeal procedures available to us under law.
We're a news media organization, and as such, request news media fee categorization. We are dedicated to governmental transparency, investigative journalism and news gathering. We affirm that the release of these records is in the interest of the public good, and will contribute significantly to the public understanding the extent of government surveillance, as well as, its interference in, and disposition towards public protest and the exercise of first amendment rights.
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 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Dimeth
From: Metropolitan Police Department
This is an automated message from the DC Government FOIA system. Dear Dimeth Peele, Request Number 2020-FOIA-01117 has been assigned to the request you submitted in relation to: Request description: Copies of any and all public records mentioning any of the (case insensitive) terms "event", "7th and Constitution Avenue", "Judiciary Square", "Federal South", "John Marshall Park", "reunification", "famliy room", "Loft 5B", "crowds", "crowd control", "blocking trucks", "emergency support function", "ESF", "National Special Security Event", "NSSE", "DC National Guard", "Long Range Acoustic Device", "LRAD", or "Jump Team", generated by the Civil Disturbance Unit, the Special Operations Division, and the Special Tactics Branch on dates between January 19th, 2017 and January 21st, 2017.
Please also search for and produce any and all of the below available types records that are relevant to this inquiry:
a) cross-referenced records;
b) Indices & records of Electronic Surveillance (ELSUR), Microphone Surveillance (MISUR), Physical Surveillance (FISUR), Technical Surveillance (TESUR), and Human Intelligence (HUMINT);
c) search records generated to process this request;
d) records containing, mentioned by or attached to the records responsive to this request.
Please produce all responsive records with their administrative markings intact, including but not limited to, any and all headers, seals, signatures, as well as administrative and summary records. If previously released records are available, then we request a rolling release consisting of those records while additional records are located and processed for release. Whenever records would be withheld or redacted, please ensure such actions are explicitly allowed under applicable law. For any such redacted or withheld records, please supply the specific parts of all statutes and laws justifying the actions taken. We ask the agency respond with the remainder of such records, redacting and withholding only the portion(s) that are exempt.
Whenever possible, please provide all records in digital formats that are both searchable and sortable.
If any of the records requested are not in your custody or control, please state to the best of your knowledge and belief the reason for their absence from your custody and control, their location, and what person or agency then has custody and control. In such a case, please forward this letter to the appropriate custodian(s) of records, and let us know to whom/where it was forwarded. If any of the records requested are not readily available for examination or copying for any reason, please notify us with a date and hour at which time the records will be available.
Please cite any extenuating circumstances delaying a response to this letter, and when copies will be available, or the ability to inspect the requested records will be possible. If you deny any part or all of this request, please notify us of the appeal procedures available to us under law.
We're a news media organization, and as such, request news media fee categorization. We are dedicated to governmental transparency, investigative journalism and news gathering. (Date Range for Record Search: From 01/17/2017 To 01/21/2017) In all future correspondence regarding this request, please reference request number 2020-FOIA-01117.
For any questions regarding your request, please contact the FOIA office directly. Find the list of agency Open Governement and FOIA contact information by visiting FOIA Contact Information. For ease of reference, we ask that you have your FOIA Request Number available when you contact the FOIA office. (https://dc.gov/node/818962) Regards,
DC Government FOIA Portal Having technical difficulties? Email FOIA.SystemAdmin@dc.gov or call 202-478-5973
From: Metropolitan Police Department
November 15, 2019
Dimeth Peele
MuckRock News DEPT MR 82556
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144
Dear Mr./Ms. Peele,
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requires that requests describe the records sought with sufficient detail to allow an agency employee familiar with the subject area of the request to locate the records with a reasonable amount of effort. More specifically, 1 DCMR § 402.4 states that:
A request shall reasonably describe the desired record(s). Where possible, the specific information regarding names, places, events, subjects, dates, files, titles, file designation, or other identifying information shall be supplied.
A review of your FOIA requests assigned FOIA Request Nos.: 2020-FOIA-00928, 2020-FOIA-00931, 2020-FOIA-00934, and 2020-FOIA-01117, requires some additional clarification; therefore, we are unable to begin a search to process your request at this time. If you wish to pursue your FOIA requests, please contact our office at the number listed below.
If we do not receive the clarification required within five (5) business days from the date of this letter, we will presume that you are no longer interested in pursuing your request and we will withdraw your request.
In the meantime, your request will be placed on hold and the time for our response will not accrue under 1 DMCR § 405.6.
Kind Regards,
Clairessa D. Atkinson
Clairessa D. Atkinson, MA
FOIA Specialist
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Office
Metropolitan Police Department
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 727-3721
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From: Metropolitan Police Department
This is an automated message from the DC Government FOIA system. Dear Dimeth Peele, The status for your request is below. Please log into https://foia-dc.gov/palMain.aspx and go to Request Status. If you have any questions regarding the status of your request, please contact the agency's FOIA office that you had submitted your FOIA request to. You can communicate directly with the FOIA office by clicking on Inbox, search the request number, and then click Compose Message. OR, visit to see a list DC Government FOIA Office’s/officer’s contact information and have your Request ID ready. (https://dc.gov/node/818962) Contact FOIA Office Request status: On Hold - Need Info/Clarification Request ID: 2020-FOIA-01117 Description: Copies of any and all public records mentioning any of the (case insensitive) terms "event", "7th and Constitution Avenue", "Judiciary Square", "Federal South", "John Marshall Park", "reunification", "famliy room", "Loft 5B", "crowds", "crowd control", "blocking trucks", "emergency support function", "ESF", "National Special Security Event", "NSSE", "DC National Guard", "Long Range Acoustic Device", "LRAD", or "Jump Team", generated by the Civil Disturbance Unit, the Special Operations Division, and the Special Tactics Branch on dates between January 19th, 2017 and January 21st, 2017.Please also search for and produce any and all of the below available types records that are relevant to this inquiry:a) cross-referenced records;b) Indices & records of Electronic Surveillance (ELSUR), Microphone Surveillance (MISUR), Physical Surveillance (FISUR), Technical Surveillance (TESUR), and Human Intelligence (HUMINT);c) search records generated to process this request;d) records containing, mentioned by or attached to the records responsive to this request.Please produce all responsive records with their administrative markings intact, including but not limited to, any and all headers, seals, signatures, as well as administrative and summary records. If previously released records are available, then we request a rolling release consisting of those records while additional records are located and processed for release. Whenever records would be withheld or redacted, please ensure such actions are explicitly allowed under applicable law. For any such redacted or withheld records, please supply the specific parts of all statutes and laws justifying the actions taken. We ask the agency respond with the remainder of such records, redacting and withholding only the portion(s) that are exempt.Whenever possible, please provide all records in digital formats that are both searchable and sortable.If any of the records requested are not in your custody or control, please state to the best of your knowledge and belief the reason for their absence from your custody and control, their location, and what person or agency then has custody and control. In such a case, please forward this letter to the appropriate custodian(s) of records, and let us know to whom/where it was forwarded. If any of the records requested are not readily available for examination or copying for any reason, please notify us with a date and hour at which time the records will be available.Please cite any extenuating circumstances delaying a response to this letter, and when copies will be available, or the ability to inspect the requested records will be possible. If you deny any part or all of this request, please notify us of the appeal procedures available to us under law.We're a news media organization, and as such, request news media fee categorization. We are dedicated to governmental transparency, investigative journalism and news gathering. (Date Range for Record Search: From 01/17/2017 To 01/21/2017) Regards,
DC Government FOIA Portal
From: Metropolitan Police Department
Dear Dimeth Peele,
This office is in receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Your FOIA Request Number is 2020-FOIA-01323 Your assigned FOIA Specialist is Gehrrie Bellamy-Seaforth. Pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 2-532, we have fifteen (15) business-days, subject to the possibility of a ten (10) business-day extension, to respond to the request as of the date of receipt. More specifically, D.C. Official Code § 2-532(c) and (d) state:
(c) A public body, upon request reasonably describing any public record, shall within 15 days (except Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays) of the receipt of any such request either make the requested public record accessible or notify the person making such request of its determination not to make the requested public record or any part thereof accessible and the reasons therefor
(d) In unusual circumstances, the time limit prescribed in subsection (c) of this section may be extended by written notice to the person making such request setting forth the reasons for extension and expected date for determination. Such extension shall not exceed 10 days (except Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays). For purposes of this subsection, and only to the extent necessary for processing of the particular request, "unusual circumstances" are limited to: (1) The need to search for, collect, and appropriately examine a voluminous amount of separate and distinct records which are demanded in a single request; or (2) The need for consultation, which shall be conducted with all practicable speed, with another public body having a substantial interest in the determination of the request or among 2 or more components of a public body having substantial subject-matter interest therein.
Due to the nature of your request, we require additional time for processing. If you have any questions regarding your request, please contact the assigned FOIA Specialist at (202) 671-2432. For ease of reference, we ask that you have your FOIA Request Number available when you contact our office.
Regards, Gehrrie D. Bellamy-Seaforth Assistant General Counsel Office of the General Counsel D.C. Department of Public Works 2000 14 th Street, Northwest, 6 th Floor Washington, District of Columbia 20009 202.671.2432 direct 202.673.4555 facsimile Gehrrie.Bellamy-Seaforth@dc.gov (mailto:Gehrrie.Bellamy-Seaforth@dc.gov)
From: Metropolitan Police Department
Good Afternoon Mr./Ms. Peele,
Please be advised, your FOIA request(s) has been withdrawn because the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) did not receive your response within five (5) business days from receipt of the "Clarification Required" notification, sent on November 15, 2019 (See below).
Kind Regards,
Clairessa D. Atkinson
Clairessa D. Atkinson, MA
FOIA Specialist
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Office
Metropolitan Police Department
300 Indiana Avenue, NW Room #4153
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 727-3721
Clairessa.atkinson2@dc.gov<mailto:Clairessa.atkinson2@dc.gov>
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From: Metropolitan Police Department
This is an automated message from the DC Government FOIA system. Dear Dimeth Peele, The status for your request is below. Please log into https://foia-dc.gov/palMain.aspx and go to Request Status. If you have any questions regarding the status of your request, please contact the agency's FOIA office that you had submitted your FOIA request to. You can communicate directly with the FOIA office by clicking on Inbox, search the request number, and then click Compose Message. OR, visit to see a list DC Government FOIA Office’s/officer’s contact information and have your Request ID ready. (https://dc.gov/node/818962) Contact FOIA Office Request status: Closed Request ID: 2020-FOIA-01323 Description: Department of Public WorksFOIA Office8th Floor2000 14th Street NorthwestWashington, DC 20009November 21, 2019This is a follow up to a previous request:To Whom It May Concern:I wanted to follow up on the following DC Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 30, 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.Filed via MuckRock.comE-mail (Preferred): 82562-50844321@requests.muckrock.comUpload documents directly: https://accounts.muckrock.com/accounts/login/?url_auth_token=AABFbKwV2bpindONxXUgOp8X91U%3A1iXjH4%3AO6Humv7MpaFLQBRr7nUAYmOShNA&next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.muckrock.com%2Faccounts%2Flogin%2F%3Fnext%3D%252Faccounts%252Fagency_login%252Fdepartment-of-public-works-6388%252Fj20-j21-dc-department-of-public-works-blocking-trucks-82562%252F%253Femail%253Dchristine.davis%252540dc.govIs this email coming to the wrong contact? Something else wrong? Use the above link to let us know.For mailed responses, please address (see note):MuckRock NewsDEPT MR 82562411A Highland AveSomerville, MA 02144-2516PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share, and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable. Regards,
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