Skydio (Weber County Sheriff's Office)
| Multi Request | Skydio |
| Submitted | April 19, 2021 |
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From: Jason Koebler
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Government Records Access and Management Act, I hereby request the following records:
Public reports state that this police department may have partnered with Skydio, a drone company. (https://www.skydio.com/public-safety)
Therefore, I hereby request the following records:
1) All instructional materials, presentations and presentation materials (including recorded video and audio, PowerPoint files, prepared remarks, and slides formats), and other guidance on the use of Skydio (and/or drones in general). This includes A) any notes taken during meetings that discussed the use of Skydio, B) any explanations (whether internally or externally generated) of how Skydio works, and C) any other document that has been used to help explain the use of Skydio, including internal documentation, public relations materials, and executive summaries.
2) A copy of any privacy impact assessments, use policies, standard operating procedures, data retention policies, legal opinions, warranties, non-disclosure agreements, contracts, liability waivers, insurance agreements, Requests for Proposals, Responses to Requests for Proposal, Memorandums of Understanding, Letters of Interest, usage policies, or informal agreements between the police department and Skydio.
3) A copy of any funding opportunity announcements, grant applications and grantor status/progress reports, reports to legislative bodies, annual reports that mention Skydio, as well as audit records, including but not limited to security audits of the software, misuse reports, and reports to oversight bodies.
4) Any digital communications including but not limited to emails and text messages) as well as documents, (including but not limited to PDF, word processing, excel, and slide documents) that mention Skydio.
5) Any case reports in which a Skydio drone was used.
5) Any digital communications (including but not limited to emails and text messages) with Skydio representatives.
Please try to include any other miscellaneous documents that facilitate this police department's relationship with Skydio that don't neatly fall neatly into the above categories.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. It will be used in the course of reporting for Motherboard, VICE’s science and technology website (www.motherboard.vice.com).
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 10 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Jason Koebler
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Government Records Access and Management Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 19, 2021. 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: Weber County Sheriff's Office
Hello,
Your request was received on 04/26/2021. I was out of the office 04/19 – 04/23, and all requests received during that time frame did not begin to process until my return on 04/26/2021.
Due to the voluminous nature of this request and the research for the requested records, our office will be extending the due date of the request to 05/14/2021.
Please let me know if you have questions in the mean time.
Thanks!
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Aubrey Vigil
Training Bureau & GRAMA
P: 801-778-6618
F: 801-778-6667
E: avigil@co.weber.ut.us
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From: Weber County Sheriff's Office
From: Greenhalgh,Dee <dgreenhalgh@co.weber.ut.us>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 11:05 AM
To: Horton, Mark R. <mhorton@co.weber.ut.us>
Cc: Vigil,Aubrey <avigil@co.weber.ut.us>; Adams jr.Nealy W. <nadams@co.weber.ut.us>
Subject: FW: [EXTERNAL]Government Records Access and Management Act Request: Skydio (Weber County Sheriff's Office)
Hello,
I received this records request for information regarding the use of a drone, the company name is Skydio. Please let Aubrey know if we are using or have used this type of drone in the past for search and rescue.
If the Weber County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue group has used this equipment Aubrey will need to work with you to gather the specific information they are questing below.
Thank you,
Dee Greenhalgh
Law Enforcement Records
721 W. 12th Street
Ogden, UT 84404
Office: 801-778-6662
Fax: 801-778-6667
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Subject: [EXTERNAL]Government Records Access and Management Act Request: Skydio (Weber County Sheriff's Office)
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Weber County Sheriff's Office
GRAMA Office
721 West 12th Street
Ogden, UT 84404
April 20, 2021
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Government Records Access and Management Act, I hereby request the following records:
Public reports state that this police department may have partnered with Skydio, a drone company. (https://www.skydio.com/public-safety)
Therefore, I hereby request the following records:
1) All instructional materials, presentations and presentation materials (including recorded video and audio, PowerPoint files, prepared remarks, and slides formats), and other guidance on the use of Skydio (and/or drones in general). This includes A) any notes taken during meetings that discussed the use of Skydio, B) any explanations (whether internally or externally generated) of how Skydio works, and C) any other document that has been used to help explain the use of Skydio, including internal documentation, public relations materials, and executive summaries.
2) A copy of any privacy impact assessments, use policies, standard operating procedures, data retention policies, legal opinions, warranties, non-disclosure agreements, contracts, liability waivers, insurance agreements, Requests for Proposals, Responses to Requests for Proposal, Memorandums of Understanding, Letters of Interest, usage policies, or informal agreements between the police department and Skydio.
3) A copy of any funding opportunity announcements, grant applications and grantor status/progress reports, reports to legislative bodies, annual reports that mention Skydio, as well as audit records, including but not limited to security audits of the software, misuse reports, and reports to oversight bodies.
4) Any digital communications including but not limited to emails and text messages) as well as documents, (including but not limited to PDF, word processing, excel, and slide documents) that mention Skydio.
5) Any case reports in which a Skydio drone was used.
5) Any digital communications (including but not limited to emails and text messages) with Skydio representatives.
Please try to include any other miscellaneous documents that facilitate this police department's relationship with Skydio that don't neatly fall neatly into the above categories.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. It will be used in the course of reporting for Motherboard, VICE’s science and technology website (www.motherboard.vice.com<http://www.motherboard.vice.com>).
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 10 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Jason Koebler
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