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From: John Lindsay-Poland

10/29/2021

Subject: California Public Records Act Request: Purchase and 'less lethal' deployment records (Butte County Sheriff)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

1. Purchase records, invoices, procurement documents and other documents sufficient to show any and all disbursement of public funds for the acquisition by your agency since July 1, 2015 of any of the following:
• Firearms of .50 caliber or greater
• Patrol rifles (as commonly denominated for law enforcement use) or assault rifles (as defined in Sections 30510 and 30515 of the California Penal Code)
• Wheeled vehicles that are built or modified to provide ballistic protection to their occupants, such as Bearcats or armored personnel carriers.
• Projectile launch platforms, such as 40mm projectile launchers, "bean bag" or specialty impact munition ("SIM") weapons, and "riot guns" used to disperse chemical agents
• Long-Range Acoustic Device (LRAD)

2. Purchase records, invoices, procurement documents and other documents sufficient to show any and all disbursement of public funds for the acquisition by your agency since July 1, 2018 of explosives and pyrotechnics, such as "flash bang" grenades and explosive breaching tools, and chemical weapons such as "teargas" and "pepper balls".

3. Records of deployment by your agency since January 1, 2020 of projectile launch platforms, such as 40mm projectile launchers, "bean bag" or specialty impact munition ("SIM") weapons, and "riot guns" used to disperse chemical agents; explosives and pyrotechnics, such as "flashbang" grenades and explosive breaching tools; and chemical weapons such as "teargas" and "pepper balls".

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.

If you would like to discuss this request, please feel free to reach out to me, John Lindsay-Poland, American Friends Service Committee, at 510-282-8983.

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 calendar days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

John Lindsay-Poland

From: Butte County Sheriff

11/03/2021

Subject: Your PRA request

Please see attached.

Beverly Tauchman
Senior Legal Secretary
Butte County Counsel
25 County Center Drive, Suite 210
Oroville, CA 95965-3380
Phone (530) 552-4070
Fax (530) 538-6891
btauchman@buttecounty.net<mailto:btauchman@buttecounty.net>

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From: Muckrock Staff

11/29/2021

Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Purchase and 'less lethal' deployment records (Butte County Sheriff)

To Whom It May Concern:

I'm following up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 29, 2021. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Nov. 29, 2021. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

From: Butte County Sheriff

11/30/2021

Subject: Your Record Request

Mr. Lindsay-Poland:

As noted in a prior letter, the Butte County Sheriff's Office
received your record request seeking various "less
lethal"-related records and all responsive, non-exempt records
are attached. Please also note that two responsive incident
reports are exempt from disclosure pursuant to Government Code
section 6254(f) (Criminal investigations conducted by local law
enforcement agencies) and Government Code section 6255 because
the public interest served by not disclosing the incident reports
clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the
reports.

We also apologize for the one day delay in responding to your
request.

Sincerely,
Roger Wilson
County Counsel's Office

The following files are attached to this message:

- Inv#0061623-IN Pepper Balls July 2020.pdf (70.1 KB), Checksum: fe2242c92f11b04059b5fbd48be37056eab05df0279f6bc34a7dc205535ab85d

- Inv#338494 Inert Liq Barricade MiniFlash Training.pdf (63.1 KB), Checksum: 34aeba794939eb216864145ecfed22e8e292d7e8427b6c3dec9bbe6bd3f969c0

- Inv#364082 LiqBarricade Bfldd Gren Can Gren.pdf (502 KB), Checksum: b907ae670dd669fd8f01cac4b03f8a9ce30514b42563babe8bb68cd5f702f87d

- Inv#368696 MiniFlashbang.pdf (423 KB), Checksum: 07c6dbdc609afc9ae00e0150f1932189c1d2fd1800ebbcf2bbc6adee2a27f93b

- Inv#371487 40MM Launchers.pdf (1.53 MB), Checksum: 994078d6bc9831862431ba39e13521c43a5afbed14b2bbf5bcddc5034ee64942

- Inv#387593 Liquid Barricade.pdf (469 KB), Checksum: e8ac47b27302da8121074c57e35902eebf95a920c1ea27e3303fc3cf32223126

- Inv#394439 Rifles.pdf (1.22 MB), Checksum: 007317d94396cbbbe07e9d36fdeb451c29948ca34df0a7f15e0b315f2d27b823

- Inv#406313 12GA BeanBag.pdf (69.5 KB), Checksum: 675f9599e9b65a9befbe057fe219eea057e1e2afdee03daf5aea8b0caebc2391

- Inv#406314 Flashbangs.pdf (72.6 KB), Checksum: fee72f803406dead9ad54b6c633ca050884d2a7d37119c9748215692ca7680ed

- Inv#415858 12GABeanBag.pdf (377 KB), Checksum: 1fd355d21eaf86926e9a6d9f04a24ea711130a214819cefe7fb6c4cbd262617b

- Inv#416049 CTS for SWAT.pdf (406 KB), Checksum: ffaad31671324c7e71e4fd66f4c18861dc18e65a24122eaf8c9f3930166e5832

- Inv#422163 CTS 5230 Baffles Grenade.pdf (319 KB), Checksum: e4c03ce0413a62e176a175efe4631e5f3cf4d5deb9ea8f9c837fc20f70a338b2

- Inv#423605 Flashbangs.pdf (368 KB), Checksum: e53cf3c3f31a204258f2a37cd0c9eac52db629536cd4bbf4949ce7b4091944c8

- Inv#446336 AR15 MMR Blank Kit April 2021.pdf (415 KB), Checksum: 2caf2b08d1157a432fc4da68be39ec8857a45d39b6a84c9b8258e5d78646eef3

- P160023.pdf (3.65 KB), Checksum: 44e99828b7375716f0997a1e7e262ba83d7de7b6813ce7a8b53fb2dd381247a4

- Transaction Summary.xlsx (12.9 KB), Checksum: 6fa66f883b0cd8cb1e13ba3055580bc3912f3588aceedd07b25a0c926a7caf50

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Mr. Lindsay-Poland:

As noted in a prior letter, the Butte County Sheriff's Office received your record request seeking various "less lethal"-related records and all responsive, non-exempt records are attached. Please also note that two responsive incident reports are exempt from disclosure pursuant to Government Code section 6254(f) (Criminal investigations conducted by local law enforcement agencies) and Government Code section 6255 because the public interest served by not disclosing the incident reports clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the reports.

We also apologize for the one day delay in responding to your request.

Sincerely,
Roger Wilson
County Counsel's Office

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11/30/2021

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From: John Lindsay-Poland

11/30/2021

Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Purchase and 'less lethal' deployment records (Butte County Sheriff)

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Hi,

Thanks so much for your help with this request. I appreciate it.

Sincerely,
John Lindsay-Poland

From: Butte County Sheriff

12/14/2021

Subject: Record Request Follow-Up

Mr. Lindsay-Poland:

We've received your letter dated December 2 noting that there was
an error with our initial response and so we're re-sending the
documents as requested.

Sincerely,
Roger Wilson
Butte County