Ring partnership, Caldwell
| Submitted | Aug. 30, 2019 |
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From: Caroline Haskins
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Public reports state that this police department has partnered with Ring, Amazon’s home security company. (https://blog.ring.com/2019/08/28/working-together-for-safer-neighborhoods-introducing-the-neighbors-active-law-enforcement-map/) These partnerships involve an exchange: Law enforcement gets access to Ring’s “Law Enforcement Neighborhoods Portal.” The Law Enforcement Neighborhood Portal is a way that police can request Ring camera footage from people that use Neighbors, Ring has a "neighborhood watch" app.
Therefore, I hereby request the following records:
1) All instructional materials, presentations and presentation materials (including recorded video and audio, PowerPoint files, prepared remarks, and slides formats), and other guidance on the use of Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app. This includes A) any notes taken during meetings that discussed the use of Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app, B) any explanations (whether internally or externally generated) of how Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app work, and C) any other document that has been used to help explain the use of Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app to any party, including internal documentation, public relations materials, and executive summaries.
2) A copy of any privacy impact assessments, use policies, standard operating procedures, data retention policies, legal opinions, warranties, non-disclosure agreements, contracts, liability waivers, insurance agreements, Requests for Proposals, Responses to Requests for Proposal, Memorandums of Understanding, Letters of Interest, usage policies, or informal agreements between the police department and Ring.
3) A copy of any funding opportunity announcements, grant applications and grantor status/progress reports, reports to legislative bodies, annual reports that mention Ring or the Neighbors app, as well as audit records, including but not limited to security audits of the software, misuse reports, and reports to oversight bodies.
4) Any digital communications including but not limited to emails and text messages) as well as documents, (including but not limited to PDF, word processing, excel, and slide documents) that mention Ring or the Neighbors app.
5) Any digital communications (including but not limited to emails and text messages) with Ring representatives.
Please try to include any other miscellaneous documents that facilitate this police department's relationship with Ring that don't neatly fall neatly into the above categories.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. It will be used in the course of reporting for Motherboard, VICE’s science and technology website (www.motherboard.vice.com).
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 7 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Caroline Haskins
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 30, 2019. 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 30, 2019. 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 30, 2019. 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 30, 2019. 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: Caldwell Police Department
There are No Responsive Records for requests #1, #2 & #3. I need clarification on requests #4 & #5. What time frame are you looking for regarding the document request?
Thank you.
From: Caroline Haskins
January 1, 2018 to the time that this request is processed
From: Caroline Haskins
And respectfully, it's impossible that you don't have responsive docs for points 1-3 because these are documents that are always produced when Ring partners with a police department
From: Caroline Haskins
And respectfully, it's impossible that you don't have responsive docs for points 1-3 because these are documents that are always produced when Ring partners with a police department
From: Caroline Haskins
And respectfully, it's impossible that you don't have responsive docs for points 1-3 because these are documents that are always produced when Ring partners with a police department
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 30, 2019. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on June 4, 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 30, 2019. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on June 4, 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 30, 2019. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on June 4, 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 30, 2019. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on June 4, 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 30, 2019. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on June 4, 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 30, 2019. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on June 4, 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: Caldwell Police Department
A fix is required to perfect the request.
From: Caldwell Police Department
A copy of documents responsive to the request.
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Responsive Documents
From: Caldwell Police Department
I am mailing out a CD with all RING emails this department received from January 2018 to present. This will fulfill your request and complete all that was requested.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 30, 2019. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Aug. 31, 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: Caroline Haskins
What address did you send it to?
Send it to
Caroline Haskins
Business Insider
1 Liberty St, New York, NY 10006
From: Caldwell Police Department
I mailed the CD with the RING emails on it to the address listed on your request for mailed responses.
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 79779
411A Highland Avenue
Somerville, MA 02144-2516
Sgt. Mike Pellegrino
Caldwell PD