Wright County Ring
| Submitted | Sept. 30, 2019 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Caroline Haskins
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, I hereby request the following records:
Public reports state that this police department has partnered with Ring, Amazon’s home security company. (https://blog.ring.com/2019/08/28/working-together-for-safer-neighborhoods-introducing-the-neighbors-active-law-enforcement-map/) These partnerships involve an exchange: Law enforcement gets access to Ring’s “Law Enforcement Neighborhoods Portal.” The Law Enforcement Neighborhood Portal is a way that police can request Ring camera footage from people that use Neighbors, Ring has a "neighborhood watch" app.
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 Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app. This includes A) any notes taken during meetings that discussed the use of Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app, B) any explanations (whether internally or externally generated) of how Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app work, and C) any other document that has been used to help explain the use of Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app to any party, 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 Ring.
3) A copy of any funding opportunity announcements, grant applications and grantor status/progress reports, reports to legislative bodies, annual reports that mention Ring or the Neighbors app, 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 Ring or the Neighbors app.
5) Any digital communications (including but not limited to emails and text messages) with Ring representatives.
Please try to include any other miscellaneous documents that facilitate this police department's relationship with Ring 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.
Sincerely,
Caroline Haskins
From: Wright County Sheriff Office
Hello Caroline,
I’m sending this email to acknowledge your data request. I’ll send a separate email in the next few business days with the estimated cost of the request.
[Wright County Sheriff]<http://www.co.wright.mn.us/214/Sheriff>
[Wright County on Twitter]<https://twitter.com/WrightCountyMN> [Wright County on LinkedIn] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/wright-county> [Wright County Youtube] <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8E7I0JyNFXMDrYvMUWtZmA> [Wright County Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wright-County-Sheriffs-Office/162751100566594>
Matt Treichler • Chief Deputy
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA: Sheriff's Office
direct: (763) 684-2362[1B216318]<https://wrightnet.co.wright.mn.us/departments/sheriff/SitePages/Signature%20Generator.aspx> • fax: (763) 682-7636[BE0070E6]<https://wrightnet.co.wright.mn.us/departments/sheriff/SitePages/Signature%20Generator.aspx>
Law Enforcement Center, 3800 Braddock Ave NE, Buffalo, MN 55313
www.co.wright.mn.us<http://www.co.wright.mn.us/>
From: Wright County Sheriff Office
Good Morning,
The total cost for the data you are requesting is $74.40.
Two hours of staff time to compile the data at $34.20 per hour = $68.40
258 pages x $2.00 per 100 pages (rounded to the nearest 100) = $6.00
Total: $74.40
Payment via check may be sent to:
Wright County Sheriff’s Office
Attn: Chief Deputy Matt Treichler – Ring Data Request
3800 Braddock Ave NE
Buffalo, MN 55313
Let me know how you would like to proceed.
[Wright County Sheriff]<http://www.co.wright.mn.us/214/Sheriff>
[Wright County on Twitter]<https://twitter.com/WrightCountyMN> [Wright County on LinkedIn] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/wright-county> [Wright County Youtube] <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8E7I0JyNFXMDrYvMUWtZmA> [Wright County Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wright-County-Sheriffs-Office/162751100566594>
Matt Treichler • Chief Deputy
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA: Sheriff's Office
direct: (763) 684-2362[1B216318]<https://wrightnet.co.wright.mn.us/departments/sheriff/SitePages/Signature%20Generator.aspx> • fax: (763) 682-7636[BE0070E6]<https://wrightnet.co.wright.mn.us/departments/sheriff/SitePages/Signature%20Generator.aspx>
Law Enforcement Center, 3800 Braddock Ave NE, Buffalo, MN 55313
www.co.wright.mn.us<http://www.co.wright.mn.us/>
From: Caroline Haskins
Hi, thanks for your help with this request. Is there any way that you could reassess the fees by limiting the request to the following:
1) A copy of the memorandum of understanding between Ring and the Essex Police Department.
2) 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 Ring or the Neighbors app.
3) Any digital communications (including but not limited to emails and text messages) with Ring representatives.
Thanks for your help.
Best,
Caroline
From: Wright County Sheriff Office
Good Afternoon,
The MOU between Ring and the Wright County Sheriff’s Office (you mention Essex PD, but I’m assuming you mean our agency) is two pages. That would be $0.50.
Items 2 and 3 are the remainder of the 258 pages (256 pages for items 1 and 2 + the MOU = 258 pages in total).
Item 2 described below appears to be inclusive of item 3 so I am not able to parse out what data would be considered from item 2 and what would be considered from item 3. That is why they included together for a total of 256 pages.
Let me know how you would like to proceed.
[Wright County Sheriff]<http://www.co.wright.mn.us/214/Sheriff>
[Wright County on Twitter]<https://twitter.com/WrightCountyMN> [Wright County on LinkedIn] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/wright-county> [Wright County Youtube] <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8E7I0JyNFXMDrYvMUWtZmA> [Wright County Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wright-County-Sheriffs-Office/162751100566594>
Matt Treichler • Chief Deputy
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA: Sheriff's Office
direct: (763) 684-2362[1B216318]<https://wrightnet.co.wright.mn.us/departments/sheriff/SitePages/Signature%20Generator.aspx> • fax: (763) 682-7636[BE0070E6]<https://wrightnet.co.wright.mn.us/departments/sheriff/SitePages/Signature%20Generator.aspx>
Law Enforcement Center, 3800 Braddock Ave NE, Buffalo, MN 55313
www.co.wright.mn.us<http://www.co.wright.mn.us/>
