Human Trafficking Charges & Arrest Records (Baltimore Police Department)

Miles Anderson:

This is an acknowledgement of your request below, for public information, submitted to the Document
Compliance Unit (“DCU”) of the Baltimore Police Department (“BPD”). Your request is governed by the Maryland Public
Information Act (“PIA”), Maryland Code, General Provisions Article (“GP”), Sections 4‐101 et seq. DCU will process your
request promptly. However, our response may take longer than ten (10) working days, the reasons for which may
include the scope of your request, the type and volume of potentially responsive records, and the nature of the search,
review, and preparation that is required. In any event, DCU will respond to your request within thirty (30) days. GP § 4‐
203.

DCU will contact you with the availability of records and the possible costs associated with this request, as soon
as the information is made available by the Custodian of Records. Likewise, if DCU and/or the Custodian of Records
need you to clarify your request, DCU will contact you promptly.

Please refer to tracking # MPIA 19‐1155 in any subsequent correspondence pertaining to this matter. All follow
up correspondence should be made in writing and submitted to the DCU’s e‐mail: DCU@baltimorepolice.org.

Baltimore Police Department
Document Compliance Unit
Legal Affairs Division
242 W. 29th Street
Baltimore Maryland, 21211
DCU@baltimorepolice.org<mailto:DCU@baltimorepolice.org>
MPIA request forms
http://law.baltimorecity.gov/office-legal-affairs-baltimore-police-department

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The materials in this e-mail are private and may contain sensitive law enforcement information. Please note that e-mail is not necessarily confidential or secure. Use of e-mail constitutes your acknowledgment of these confidentiality and security limitations. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that any unauthorized use, disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited as covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-2521. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender via telephone or return e-mail.

Miles Anderson:

This is an acknowledgement of your request below, for public information, submitted to the Document
Compliance Unit (“DCU”) of the Baltimore Police Department (“BPD”). Your request is governed by the Maryland Public
Information Act (“PIA”), Maryland Code, General Provisions Article (“GP”), Sections 4‐101 et seq. DCU will process your
request promptly. However, our response may take longer than ten (10) working days, the reasons for which may
include the scope of your request, the type and volume of potentially responsive records, and the nature of the search,
review, and preparation that is required. In any event, DCU will respond to your request within thirty (30) days. GP § 4‐
203.

DCU will contact you with the availability of records and the possible costs associated with this request, as soon
as the information is made available by the Custodian of Records. Likewise, if DCU and/or the Custodian of Records
need you to clarify your request, DCU will contact you promptly.

Please refer to tracking # MPIA 19‐1214 in any subsequent correspondence pertaining to this matter. All follow
up correspondence should be made in writing and submitted to the DCU’s e‐mail: DCU@baltimorepolice.org.

Baltimore Police Department
Document Compliance Unit
Legal Affairs Division
242 W. 29th Street
Baltimore Maryland, 21211
DCU@baltimorepolice.org<mailto:DCU@baltimorepolice.org>
MPIA request forms
http://law.baltimorecity.gov/office-legal-affairs-baltimore-police-department

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in or attached to this e-mail message may be a privileged and confidential attorney/client communication, or otherwise confidential, and is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are notified that any distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the Legal Affairs Division immediately by telephone at 410-396-2496 and DELETE the message from your system immediately.

The materials in this e-mail are private and may contain sensitive law enforcement information. Please note that e-mail is not necessarily confidential or secure. Use of e-mail constitutes your acknowledgment of these confidentiality and security limitations. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that any unauthorized use, disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited as covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-2521. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender via telephone or return e-mail.

Good Morning:

This was a request that came in when I wasn’t here. I sent the information to the proper unit to see what they can gather.

Thank you

Ken Hurst
Contract Specialist
Baltimore Police Department
Office of Legal Affairs
Document Compliance Unit
410-637-8684

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in or attached to this e-mail message may be a privileged and confidential attorney/client communication, or otherwise confidential, and is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are notified that any distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the Legal Affairs Division immediately by telephone at 410-396-2496 and DELETE the message from your system immediately.

The materials in this e-mail are private and may contain sensitive law enforcement information. Please note that e-mail is not necessarily confidential or secure. Use of e-mail constitutes your acknowledgment of these confidentiality and security limitations. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that any unauthorized use, disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited as covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-2521. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender via telephone or return e-mail.

Date October 7, 2020

Miles Anderson
Muck Rock News
Dept MR 76936
411A Highland Avenue
Somerville, MA 02144-2516

Re: MPIA 19 1412 Human Trafficking

Dear Mr. Miles Anderson:

You have made a request for public records pursuant to the Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA), which is the General Provisions Article, § 4-101, et seq., of the Annotated Code of Maryland for "Human Trafficking Charges and Arrest Records."
Please see below in reference to your request:

* This is too general a request to be fulfilled, and involves cases currently undergoing adjudication. It also involves information regarding victims which may or may not be underage, and as such, are subject to redaction and protection under current Maryland law.
*Additionally, most of this information, including victim information, is protected under various state and federal Law and policy. Victims of human trafficking are almost never identified, and, even during adjudication purposes, can be protected.

*For merely statistical information, you can look at Polaris and the National Center for Missing and exploited children. Those statistics are public, without containing victim identifiers.

Therefore BPD must deny your request in its entirety. You have the right under PIA § 4-1B-04 to contact the Public Access Ombudsman to mediate any dispute(s) you may have with this response. You may also, contest this response by filing a complaint for judicial review in Circuit Court pursuant to PIA § 4-362.
Because neither I nor any employee of Legal Affairs are the Custodian of Records of the records you requested, I have no personal knowledge of the existence of any documents with the exception of those forwarded to Legal Affairs. Please refer to Tracking Number # MPIA 19-1412 in any subsequent correspondence in this matter.

Ken Hurst
Contract Specialist
Baltimore Police Department
Office of Legal Affairs
Document Compliance Unit
410-637-8684