OEMC POD Cameras

Dear Freddy :

Thank you for your interest in information from the Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC). Your FOIA request has been received and is being processed. Your FOIA Center reference number for tracking purposes is: F171592-111317
You have requested the following records: Documents sufficient to show the number of Police Observation Devices, commonly called Blue Light cameras or PODs- Documents sufficient to show the location of all PODS, including geolocation (GPS coordinates).
The Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) responds to all public records requests in accordance with the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq.  If further time is needed to assemble and copy all documents responsive to your FOIA request, we will contact you with a time estimate and a request to extend. You can monitor the progress of your request at the link below and you’ll receive an email when your request has been completed. Thank you for using the Chicago FOIA Center. To monitor the progress or update this request please log into the
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Mr. Freddy Martinez November 20, 2017
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Dear Mr. Martinez: RE: FOIA Request FA17-1592

The Office of Emergency Management and Communications received your Freedom of Information Act Request on November 13, 2017. At this time, we are seeking an extension of five (5) additional working days for one or more of the following reasons:

( ) The requested records are stored in whole or in part at other locations than the office having charge of the requested records;

( ) The requested records require the collection of a substantial number of specified records;

( ) The request is couched in categorical terms and requires an extensive search for the records responsive to it;

( ) The requested records have not been located in the course of routine search and additional efforts are being made to locate them;

( ) The requested records require examination and evaluation by personnel having the necessary competence and discretion to determine if they are exempt from disclosure or should be revealed only with appropriate deletions;

( ) The request for records cannot be complied with by the public body within the time limits prescribed by the Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140/3(c), without unduly burdening or interfering with the operations of the public body;

(X) There is a need for consultation, which shall be conducted with all practicable speed, with another public body or among two or more components of any public body having a substantial interest in the determination or in the subject matter of the request.

Please be aware that the foregoing reason(s) for additional time are found in the Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140/3(d).

Sincerely,

M. G. Tracy
Freedom of Information Officer 312.746.9403
Office of Emergency Management and Communications

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