Persistent Surveillance Systems Invoices (Albuquerque Police Department)

Brandon Smith filed this request with the Albuquerque Police Department of Albuquerque, NM.
Tracking #

19-6329
Submitted Aug. 1, 2016
Est. Completion Oct. 4, 2019
Status
No Responsive Documents

From: Brandon Smith

Subject: Inspection of Public Records Act Request: Persistent Surveillance Systems Invoices (Albuquerque Police Department)

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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act, I hereby request the following documents:

All records responsive to the below requests dated from January 1, 2014 through July 28, 2016.
- The full documentation of all contracts or non-disclosure agreements (enacted OR IN EFFECT between the above dates) with the companies "Persistent Surveillance Systems" or "Vigilant Solutions"
- Copies of all invoices to or from these companies, and documents sufficient to show any and all disbursement of public funds to either company
- The full documentation of all contracts (enacted OR IN EFFECT between the above dates) with any company other than the two cited above, in which said company provides your department with equipment or services (including software) for 1. license plate scanning or reading or automatic photographing; 2. aerial surveillance, excluding monitoring roadways for speed infractions.
- Copies of all invoices to or from any company that fits the description in the prior paragraph, and documents sufficient to show any disbursement of public funds to any company that fits this description
- All emails between police department email accounts and users on the domains "pss-1.com" or "vigilantsolutions.com". (One example would be brian.schockley@vigilantsolutions.com. Users on the domain would be in the form of XXXXXXXXX@vigilantsolutions.com)
- All paper-based communications between your department and Persistent Surveillance Systems, and between your department and Vigilant Solutions. In asking for all paper and electronic correspondence, this request necessarily includes marketing materials and descriptions of product capabilities for any device, software, or access/capability this department has purchased. A circuit court judge in Illinois recently ruled that non-disclosure agreements signed by public bodies do not trump freedom of information laws when it comes to surveillance equipment/capability purchased by police. Citation:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/01/chicago-police-must-finally-produce-stingray-records-judge-orders/
- Documents sufficient to show all rules or regulations governing the use of products (hardware or software) that do 1. license plate scanning or reading or automatic photographing; 2. aerial surveillance, excluding monitoring roadways for speed infractions.
- The text of all agreements (whether formal, email, memo, or otherwise) between your department and any other public body or department that allows your department to use or access the capabilities of 1. license plate scanning or reading or automatic photographing; 2. aerial surveillance, excluding monitoring roadways for speed infractions.
- Documents sufficient to show the month and year your department first entered a program of scanning license plates or accessing a database of scanned plates, if it indeed has such a program (and end date of said program if it has ended).
- Documents sufficient to show the total number of license plates scanned in your department's jurisdiction (whether the jurisdiction in this case is precisely or roughly represented) since the department began its plate-scanning program or first purchased access to such a program
- Documents sufficient to show the month and year your department first entered a program of persistent aerial surveillance, if it indeed has such a program (and end date of said program if it has ended).
- Documents sufficient to show the number of plane-hours of aerial surveillance (excluding monitoring roadways for speed infractions) purchased by your department within the dates at the top of this request. For example, one plane flying for four hours is four plane-hours. Two planes flying for four hours is eight plane-hours.
- Documents sufficient to show any attempt made by a representative of your department to inform the public about automatic license plate readers or persistent aerial surveillance. This could include but is not limited to records of town hall meetings, quotes from police spokespeople in local media, or text from the department's website.

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 15 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Brandon Smith

From: Muckrock Staff

Subject: RE: New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act Request: Persistent Surveillance Systems Invoices (Albuquerque Police Department)

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To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following request, copied below. 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: Albuquerque Police Department

Subject: Your first record request #19-6329 has been opened.

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City of Albuquerque

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Hi there

Your first City of Albuquerque record request (request number #19-6329) has been submitted.
It is currently unpublished and is not available for the general public to view.

As the requester, you can always see the status of your
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From: Albuquerque Police Department

Subject: RE: New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act Request: Persistent Surveillance Systems Invoices (Albuquerque Police Department)

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Hello,
Your request has been received and entered as 19-6329. For future records requests please go to the following website to submit your request:
Abqrecords.cabq.gov

Thank you,

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Stephanie Casaus

Senior Office Assistant | Office of the City Clerk
o 505.924-3650
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From: Albuquerque Police Department

Subject: [External Message Added] City of Albuquerque public records request #19-6329

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City of Albuquerque

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #19-6329:

Hello Ms. Smith, 

 

On September 19, 2019, we received your request to inspect the following:  

 

On Aug. 1, 2016:

Subject: Inspection of Public Records Act Request: Persistent Surveillance Systems Invoices (Albuquerque Police Department)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act, I hereby request the following documents:

All records responsive to the below requests dated from January 1, 2014 through July 28, 2016.

- The full documentation of all contracts or non-disclosure agreements (enacted OR IN EFFECT between the above dates) with the companies "Persistent Surveillance Systems" or "Vigilant Solutions"

- Copies of all invoices to or from these companies, and documents sufficient to show any and all disbursement of public funds to either company

- The full documentation of all contracts (enacted OR IN EFFECT between the above dates) with any company other than the two cited above, in which said company provides your department with equipment or services (including software) for 1. license plate scanning or reading or automatic photographing; 2. aerial surveillance, excluding monitoring roadways for speed infractions.

- Copies of all invoices to or from any company that fits the description in the prior paragraph, and documents sufficient to show any disbursement of public funds to any company that fits this description

- All emails between police department email accounts and users on the domains "pss-1.com" or "vigilantsolutions.com". (One example would be brian.schockley@vigilantsolutions.com. Users on the domain would be in the form of XXXXXXXXX@vigilantsolutions.com)

- All paper-based communications between your department and Persistent Surveillance Systems, and between your department and Vigilant Solutions. In asking for all paper and electronic correspondence, this request necessarily includes marketing materials and descriptions of product capabilities for any device, software, or access/capability this department has purchased. A circuit court judge in Illinois recently ruled that non-disclosure agreements signed by public bodies do not trump freedom of information laws when it comes to surveillance equipment/capability purchased by police. Citation:

https://hes32-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=http%3a%2f%2farstechnica.com%2ftech%2dpolicy%2f2016%2f01%2fchicago%2dpolice%2dmust%2dfinally%2dproduce%2dstingray%2drecords%2djudge%2dorders%2f&amp;umid=51a8bb68-ae87-48c4-9822-4c4a699588cb&amp;auth=c5e193b2792d33bbda0d14ee5f909adbb398f028-da84b2482fc045e823de3d5e2f8983a5a13d410f

- Documents sufficient to show all rules or regulations governing the use of products (hardware or software) that do 1. license plate scanning or reading or automatic photographing; 2. aerial surveillance, excluding monitoring roadways for speed infractions.

- The text of all agreements (whether formal, email, memo, or otherwise) between your department and any other public body or department that allows your department to use or access the capabilities of 1. license plate scanning or reading or automatic photographing; 2. aerial surveillance, excluding monitoring roadways for speed infractions.

- Documents sufficient to show the month and year your department first entered a program of scanning license plates or accessing a database of scanned plates, if it indeed has such a program (and end date of said program if it has ended).

- Documents sufficient to show the total number of license plates scanned in your department's jurisdiction (whether the jurisdiction in this case is precisely or roughly represented) since the department began its plate-scanning program or first purchased access to such a program

- Documents sufficient to show the month and year your department first entered a program of persistent aerial surveillance, if it indeed has such a program (and end date of said program if it has ended).

- Documents sufficient to show the number of plane-hours of aerial surveillance (excluding monitoring roadways for speed infractions) purchased by your department within the dates at the top of this request. For example, one plane flying for four hours is four plane-hours. Two planes flying for four hours is eight plane-hours.

- Documents sufficient to show any attempt made by a representative of your department to inform the public about automatic license plate readers or persistent aerial surveillance. This could include but is not limited to records of town hall meetings, quotes from police spokespeople in local media, or text from the department's website.

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 15 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Brandon Smith

Filed via MuckRock.com

 

Although it may be sooner, it will take up to 15 calendar days to respond to your request, which will be on October 4, 2019.

 

Sincerely, 

Yvette Gurule

IPRA Specialist 

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From: Albuquerque Police Department

Subject: [External Message Added] City of Albuquerque public records request #19-6329

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City of Albuquerque

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #19-6329:

Hello Mr. Smith,

 

We recently received your request which you submitted to Muckrock on August 1, 2016. Due to an error in where Muckrock was sending the requests, we did not receive the requests until recently.  We are unclear whether you are still interested in this information.

 

Please contact me as soon as possible regarding your request. 

 

Respectfully,

 

Yvette Gurule

IPRA Specialist

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From: Albuquerque Police Department

Subject: [External Message Added] City of Albuquerque public records request #19-6329

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City of Albuquerque

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #19-6329:

Hello Mr. Smith,

 

We recently received your request which you submitted to Muckrock on August 1, 2016. Due to an error in where Muckrock was sending the requests, we did not receive the requests until recently.  We are unclear whether you are still interested in this information.

 

Please contact me as soon as possible regarding your request. 

 

Respectfully,

 

Yvette Gurule

IPRA Specialist

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From: Albuquerque Police Department

Subject: [External Message Added] City of Albuquerque public records request #19-6329

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City of Albuquerque

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #19-6329:

Hello:

 

I am following up with you regarding your Inspection of Public Records Act (“IPRA”) request submitted on September 19, 2019 (identified as # 19-6329).

 

It appears that you no longer desire to inspect these records. If that is the case then please send my office a written communication through Next Request #19-6329 and indicate that you no longer wish to inspect these records and you also wish to have this request closed. If you are no longer interested in reviewing the public records, then we hope you are willing to extend that courtesy.

 

Please contact my office should you wish to set up an inspection. There is no cost to inspect the records in person. If you are unable or unwilling to inspect in person, or if you would prefer copies of the non-exempt responsive records – then under the law the City “may require advance payment of the fees before making copies of public records.” NMSA 1978, § 14-2-9(C)(5). Prior to copying and mailing the records, my office will require advance payment of the copying fees ($0.50 per page) as well as the costs associated with mailing the set of documents to you. See NMSA 1978, § 14-2-9(C)(4) (“may charge the actual costs associated with transmitting copies of public records by mail”). 

 

Please respond to my office within two (2) days of this communication. If you do not response to this communication within that time and if you fail to come in to inspect the records within the next two (2) days then my office will be forced to close out your request. Even though your inactions may force my office to close this request, you are always welcome to resubmit a new request in the future. We hope you understand the predicament your inactions have placed us, we only have a finite amount of time and resources and it would be a disservice to the Citizens of Albuquerque to spend it on a request where the requester has failed to response to our communications and also failed to inspect the records made available.

 

Please let me know if you have any questions. 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Nyvia Barraza

APD Records Custodian/IPRA Supervisor

O (505) 768-2137

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From: Albuquerque Police Department

Subject: [External Message Added] City of Albuquerque public records request #19-6329

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City of Albuquerque

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #19-6329:

Dear Mr. Smith:

 

On September 9, 2019, we received your public records request for the following records:

 

All records responsive to the below requests dated from January 1, 2014 through July 28, 2016.

- The full documentation of all contracts or non-disclosure agreements (enacted OR IN EFFECT between the above dates) with the companies "Persistent Surveillance Systems" or "Vigilant Solutions"

- Copies of all invoices to or from these companies, and documents sufficient to show any and all disbursement of public funds to either company

- The full documentation of all contracts (enacted OR IN EFFECT between the above dates) with any company other than the two cited above, in which said company provides your department with equipment or services (including software) for 1. license plate scanning or reading or automatic photographing; 2. aerial surveillance, excluding monitoring roadways for speed infractions.

- Copies of all invoices to or from any company that fits the description in the prior paragraph, and documents sufficient to show any disbursement of public funds to any company that fits this description

- All emails between police department email accounts and users on the domains "pss-1.com" or "vigilantsolutions.com". (One example would be brian.schockley@vigilantsolutions.com. Users on the domain would be in the form of XXXXXXXXX@vigilantsolutions.com)

- All paper-based communications between your department and Persistent Surveillance Systems, and between your department and Vigilant Solutions. In asking for all paper and electronic correspondence, this request necessarily includes marketing materials and descriptions of product capabilities for any device, software, or access/capability this department has purchased.  

This communication will confirm our completion of your request. We have searched for responsive records and not been able to locate or identify any records. As a result, there are no responsive records related to your request that are maintained by my office. My office will now close your public records request.

 

Please let me know if you have any questions.  

 

Sincerely,

 

Nyvia Barraza

APD IPRA Records Custodian/IPRA Supervisor

Office (505) 768-2137

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From: Albuquerque Police Department

Subject: Your City of Albuquerque public records request #19-6329 has been closed.

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City of Albuquerque

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Hi there

Record request #19-6329 has been closed. The closure reason supplied was:

Dear Mr. Smith:

 

On September 9, 2019, we received your public records request for the following records:

 

 

Please let me know if you have any questions.  

 

Sincerely,

 

Nyvia Barraza

APD IPRA Records Custodian/IPRA Supervisor

Office (505) 768-2137

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