Police Union Contract (Metropolitan Police Department)

Dear McKesson DeRay,
This office is in receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Your FOIA Request Number is 2015-FOIA-03838. Your assigned FOIA Specialist is Lisa Archie-Mills. 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.
If you have any questions regarding your request, please contact the assigned FOIA Specialist at (202) 727-3721. For ease of reference, we ask that you have your FOIA Request Number available when you contact our office.

Regards, Carlita Blocker

Mr. McKesson,
This e-mail is in response to your below e-mail. I am the FOIA Specialist assigned to your request. I regret any delays. Please know that your request is currently under Management's review. Upon completion of the review, you will be notified.
Thank you for your patience.
August 28, 2015
Metropolitan Police Department
300 Indiana Avenue NW
Room 4153
Washington, DC 20001
This is a follow up to request number 2015-FOIA-03838:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 8, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #2015-FOIA-03838.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

Lisa Archie-Mills
FOIA Specialist
Office of the General Counsel
Metropolitan Police Department
300 Indiana Avenue, NW, Rm 4153
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 727-3721
lisa.archie-mills@dc.gov<mailto:lisa.archie-mills@dc.gov>

Good Morning Mr. McKesson,

I am still awaiting a response from Management’s review. If you need to speak with my manager, you may reach him at (202) 727-5516, Mr. Donald Kaufman, FOIA Officer.

I regret the delay.

Thank you and have a good day.

Good Morning Mr. McKesson,

I am still awaiting a response from Management’s review. Again, if you need to speak with my manager, you may reach him at (202) 727-5516, Mr. Donald Kaufman, FOIA Officer.

I do regret the delay.

Thank you,

Lisa Archie-Mills

FOIA Specialist

Good Morning Mr. McKeeson,

Unfortunately, the status is the same regarding the above-listed FOIA request. Again, if you need to speak with my manager, you may reach him at (202) 727-5516, Mr. Donald Kaufman, FOIA Officer.

I do regret the delays.

Lisa Archie-Mills
FOIA Specialist

Mr. McKesson,

This e-mail is in response to the above-listed subject FOIA request.

Please find attached a document responsive to your request.

Please know, that under D.C. Official Code § 2-537 and 1 DCMR § 412, you have the right to appeal this e-mail to the Mayor or to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. If you elect to appeal to the Mayor, your appeal must be in writing and contain "Freedom of Information Act Appeal" or "FOIA Appeal" in the subject line of the letter, as well as, on the outside of the envelope. The appeal must include (1) a copy of the original request; (2) a copy of any written denial; (3) a statement of the circumstances, reasons, and/or arguments advanced in support of disclosure; and (4) a daytime telephone number, an e-mail and/or U.S. mailing address at which you can be reached.
The appeal must be mailed to: The Mayor's Correspondence Unit, FOIA Appeal, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 316, Washington, D.C. 20004. Electronic versions of the same information can instead be e-mailed to The Mayor's Correspondence Unit at foia.mayor@dc.gov<mailto:foia.mayor@dc.gov>. Further, a copy of all appeal materials must be forwarded to the Freedom of Information Officer of the involved agency, or to the agency head of that agency, if there is no designated Freedom of Information Officer there.
Failure to follow these administrative steps will result in delay in the processing and commencement of a response to your appeal to the Mayor.
Sincerely,
Lisa Archie-Mills
FOIA Specialist
Metropolitan Police Department
300 Indiana Avenue, NW, Rm 4153
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 727-3721
lisa.archie-mills@dc.gov<mailto:lisa.archie-mills@dc.gov>