Investigation of Father Mark Anthony Broussard

Mr. Soileau:

My name is Rob McCorquodale and I serve as the In-House Counsel for the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office. Your request for records has been forwarded to me for response.

I have initially reviewed your request for our records in regard to the investigation of Mark Anthony Broussard. We have over 1000 pages of documents and reports in our system and after a brief initial review of a sample of the documents; we do not believe they are public record since they repeatedly refer to the names of juvenile victims of sexual assault. I notice that you are requesting that we attempt to redact those records, but to do so would be costly.

Since the records are voluminous, we would have to hire staff to go through them after hours and attempt to redact them. In addition, since the accidental release of these names would be horrific to the victims, I would have to personally review them, also after hours, to ensure that nothing that might indicate the identify of a victim is released. For example, if a parent is referenced, that information would have to also be redacted since it would help someone identify a victim. Any medical record would also likely have to be redacted or removed. A problem we would likely have is knowing the ages or identities of names that might encounter in records we collected. In that situation, we would have to redact just to be sure we were not inadvertently releasing the name of a juvenile.

As a result, it is my opinion that these records, in their current state, are not public record. If you are serious about wanting us to attempt to redact them, please feel free to give me a call and we can discuss the deposit required for such a request.

Sincerely,

Rob McCorquodale
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Let me see if we have that and what it consists of.

Rob

I can’t be sure, since I don’t know where these documents originated from without reading each and every one of them, but it appears we have about 460 pages. This makes the problem a bit more manageable, but the circumstances have really not changed.

I am going to need a $1,000.00 deposit. We charge one dollar a page for copying. I will have to ask staff to stay late to start reviewing records. I will get you the exact amount we will pay for the overtime, but I am out of town today and tomorrow. I have a court hearing in Dallas. I will return on Wednesday, but if you get the deposit in the mail to us, I will send you the specific details of the cost. We won’t start until you approve he expenditure and we will refund if any is left over at the end of the process.

I am in the office today, thank you for your patience.

I will have accounting calculate the overtime rate for Deputy Soileau to go over these records after her normal employment hours. I will also have my overtime rate calculated. Once she has went through these records I will review her work. As we discussed in previous emails, it will be important that we do not accidentally release any confidential information, so we will err on the side of caution.

Once the 460 pages are edited, we will charge you a dollar per page plus our overtime costs in editing the documents. Assuming the $1,000.00 deposit is sufficient, we will forward the records to you immediately, while at the same time refunding you any balance. If the $1,000 is insufficient, we will let you know that as well.

I am requesting our accounting department give me the overtime rates and I will supply those to you.

Rob

Sorry I have not been more responsive. I am on the way to Houston for a doctors appointment. My assistant is through with her work, but I have to review. I worked all weekend on getting an appeal brief finished I hope to look at your stuff after hours this week.

Madisen make sure I do this.
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