Letter requesting police presence

THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA Re: communication from Penn requesting police presence at encampment Your receipt number is: 27782 Dear 163122-02446526@requests. muckrock. com,

Thank you for your correspondence. This is an automatic email confirming that your correspondence has been entered into our case management system for processing and response. If you have an additional request you wish to file, or if you wish to make a change to a pending request, please email it directly to righttoknowlaw@.phila.gov. Did you know that the City already releases a lot of information and open data online? You might be able to find the answer to your inquiry right now!


Here are some common types of requests we receive and where to find this information online right now:  

Search for a property's L&I related permits, licenses, violations, and appeals with the L&I property history tool. 

Search for a property's Real Estate Tax Balance with the Revenue Department's tax real estate lookup tool. 

Find all of the City of Philadelphia's open data sets, including City employee salary data, on Open Data Philly, the Philadelphia region's open data portal. 

Search information about professional service contracts online at eContract Philly. 

Search information about procurement contracts online with PHL Contracts. 

Search City legislation and related hearings online with Legistar. 

Obtain financial disclosure forms from the Department of Records. 


If you seek a police incident report, you can obtain the proper form from the Department of Records. Please note that police incident reports cost $25.  If you seek audio, visual, or bodycam records from the Philadelphia Police Department, you will need to make a request following the instructions in 42 Pa.C.S.A. Sec. 67A03 at https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/LI/consCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&ttl=42&div=0&chpt=67A. Such requests must be made in-person or via
certified mail following the instructions in 42 Pa.C.S.A. §  67A(3) (aka
Act 22). Such requests are not processed under the RTKL. See 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 67A(2)(a); 65 P.S. §§ 67.305, 67.3101.1. You may use this form to make a request under Act 22. Requests under Act 22  should be addressed to: Lieutenant Barry Jacobs, Philadelphia Police Department, Open Records/Right to Know Section, Philadelphia Public Services Building, 400 N. Broad St., 4W-72, Philadelphia, PA 19130. Such requests are not processed under the Right-to-Know Law.   Use the forms on this page to request copies of various public safety from the Department of Records, such as:
Traffic Accident Reports (aka "crash report" - also available through https://public-safety-reports.phila.gov/) A records check or letter of good conduct from the Philadelphia Police Department Fire Reports Emergency Medical Services Reports The City of Philadelphia does not process Right-to-Know requests for the organizations listed below. If you want to submit a request to one of these entities, please click the links below to be directed to their Open Records Policies: 

Philadelphia Parking Authority 


School District of Philadelphia 


City of Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office 


Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority 


First Judicial District (Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas) 


If one of these sources has solved your inquiry, please let us know! Otherwise, thank you for your patience, and we will be in touch soon.  Sincerely, The City of Philadelphia Please Note: To help make sure that future emails from us don't end up in your spam or junk folder, please add this email address to your safe sender list.

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA LAW DEPARTMENT One Parkway Building 1515 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19102 Renee Garcia  City Solicitor  BY EMAIL: requests@muckrock.com Re: communication from Penn requesting police presence at encampment Request #: 27782 Dear Matthew Petti: Thank you for writing to the City of Philadelphia (City) with your request for information. This correspondence serves as an acknowledgement and receipt of your request as well as notice of the City’s Open Records Policy pursuant to the Right-to-Know Law. Written requests for records to state and local agencies in Pennsylvania are generally governed by the Commonwealth’s Right-to-Know Law (RTKL), 65 P.S. §§ 67.101-67.3104. In accordance with the RTKL, the City has promulgated an Open Records Policy, which requires the standard statewide Right-to-Know Form be used for the submission of written requests pursuant to the RTKL. See 65 P.S. § 67.504(a); Dekok v. Lancaster County, AP 2010-1197, 2011 PA O.O.R.D. LEXIS 25 at *5 and n.1 (Pa. O.O.R. Jan. 17, 2011) (holding that in accordance with the RTKL, an agency may adopt a policy requiring the use of the standard statewide form established by the Office of Open Records in order to file a RTK Request); accord Pa. Gaming Control Bd. v. Office of Open Records, 48 A.3d 503 (Pa. Cmmw. 2012). As your request was not submitted on or with the standard statewide form, the City does not consider your request to be a Right-to-Know Request pursuant to the RTKL and will process it as an informal request. You do not have to resubmit your request for the City to respond unless you are specifically informed otherwise. The City reserves the right to require a formal RTK Request be submitted pursuant to the RTKL before releasing records. The City is continuing to process the request you have submitted as an informal request outside the RTKL and will be in touch with you further to respond to your request. However, if you would like to file a RTK Request, please submit your request on or with the standard statewide Right-to-Know Form and email your request to righttoknowlaw@phila.gov – please do not reply to this email. Please include this notice with your RTK Request. Please note that if you resubmit your request as a written request pursuant to the RTKL, the City will deem your informal request to have been withdrawn.  The City’s Open Records Policy can be found here:  https://www.phila.gov/open-records-policy/ The statewide form appears at the end of the City’s Open Records Policy. If you require a hard copy of the form and/or policy, please let me know and one will be provided. The City reserves the right to assert any and all grounds of denial in its final response to your request. Respectfully, Feige Grundman Chief Deputy City Solicitor Right to Know Unit City of Philadelphia Law Department Tracking #: Petti 27782 Request Summary: Letters and other written communications from the University of Pennsylvania requesting a police presence in response to recent campus protests, sent between 25 May 2024 and the date this request is received. The Daily Pennsylvanian reported: "A University spokesperson told The Daily Pennsylvanian that the University reached to out to Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker’s office seeking additional police resources to maintain safety on campus if needed. Penn submitted a letter with their request after the Mayor's office asked for one, the spokesperson added. They also said that the mayor’s office requested additional information from Penn, and that the University is in the process of providing it." (https://www.thedp.com/article/2024/04/live-updates-penn-pro-palestinian-gaza-solidarity-encampment-day-eight) Therefore, I am requesting both the letter and any follow-up sent by the university. Original Request:

 




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