FOIA Request: Flock Safety Documents

Dear e e:
Thank you for your interest in public records of the Cook County Sheriff's Office. Your request was received in this office on 4/21/2024 and given the reference number R055178-042124 for tracking purposes.
Your request will be forwarded to the relevant department(s) to locate the information you seek and to determine the volume and any costs associated with satisfying your request. You will be contacted about the availability and/or provided with copies of the records in question.

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RE: FOIA Request of April 21, 2024, Reference # R055178-042124

Dear e e,
Thank you for contacting the Cook County Sheriff's Office ("CCSO") pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq. (2012). Please be advised that at this time the CCSO is in need of additional information to process your request.
Your request mentioned:
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records related to the agency's use of Flock Safety:

FINANCIAL MATERIALS
• All financial documents or records of financial transactions, exchanges or obligations related to the relationship between the aforementioned entities. Responsive materials include all invoices, bills, receipts, check stubs, or any other records, including those possessed in an electronic format. Responsive materials include any records related to the funding of Flock Safety-related technologies, partnerships, and subscriptions, including those related to civil asset forfeiture funds, grants, and any other funding sources.

MARKETING and PROMOTION MATERIALS
• All promotional, descriptive, and marketing materials in the possession of this agency related to and/or referencing “Flock" or "Flock Safety" and any of its products and services. This includes all presentations, marketing materials, technical documentation, proposals, or similar records shared with this agency and/or any representative thereof by Flock Safety and any representative thereof.

GUIDING DOCUMENTATION and POLICIES
• All policies, memorandums of understanding, and other guidance materials generated by this agency and/or entity operating on its behalf regarding the acquisition and use of any data or services provided by Flock Safety and any representative thereof or any subdivision thereof. Responsive materials include, but are not limited to, any data-sharing agreements, terms of use, licensing agreements, data retention policies, and any other guiding materials, such as user manuals, other guidance materials, help documents, or related materials.

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 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

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Please be advised that the CCSO is unable to run an exhaustive search, therefore, please provide a so that we may run this search. time frame
Please contact us by replying to this email if you have any further concerns/questions related to this request.

Sincerely,

Raphael Forbes
Cook County Sheriff's Office
FOIA Officer/Legal Department

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RE: FOIA Request of April 21, 2024, Reference # R055178-042124

Dear e e,

Thank you for contacting the Cook County Sheriff's Office ("CCSO") pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq. (2012).

Your request mentioned:
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records related to the agency's use of Flock Safety:

FINANCIAL MATERIALS
• All financial documents or records of financial transactions, exchanges or obligations related to the relationship between the aforementioned entities. Responsive materials include all invoices, bills, receipts, check stubs, or any other records, including those possessed in an electronic format. Responsive materials include any records related to the funding of Flock Safety-related technologies, partnerships, and subscriptions, including those related to civil asset forfeiture funds, grants, and any other funding sources.

MARKETING and PROMOTION MATERIALS
• All promotional, descriptive, and marketing materials in the possession of this agency related to and/or referencing “Flock" or "Flock Safety" and any of its products and services. This includes all presentations, marketing materials, technical documentation, proposals, or similar records shared with this agency and/or any representative thereof by Flock Safety and any representative thereof.

GUIDING DOCUMENTATION and POLICIES
• All policies, memorandums of understanding, and other guidance materials generated by this agency and/or entity operating on its behalf regarding the acquisition and use of any data or services provided by Flock Safety and any representative thereof or any subdivision thereof. Responsive materials include, but are not limited to, any data-sharing agreements, terms of use, licensing agreements, data retention policies, and any other guiding materials, such as user manuals, other guidance materials, help documents, or related materials.

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 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

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Please be advised that the CCSO is extending its time for response pursuant to 5 ILCS 140/3. Please note that this correspondence does not serve to waive any exemptions available to this public body under FOIA. The CCSO will issue a response on or before May 14th, 2024.

Please contact us by replying to this email if you have any further concerns/questions related to this request.

Sincerely,

Raphael Forbes
Assistant General Counsel - FOIA Officer
Cook County Sheriff's Office
FOIA Officer/Legal Department

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RE: FOIA Request of April 21, 2024, Reference # R055178-042124

Dear e e,
Thank you for contacting the Cook County Sheriff's Office ("CCSO") pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq. (2012).
Your request mentioned:
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records related to the agency's use of Flock Safety:

FINANCIAL MATERIALS
• All financial documents or records of financial transactions, exchanges or obligations related to the relationship between the aforementioned entities. Responsive materials include all invoices, bills, receipts, check stubs, or any other records, including those possessed in an electronic format. Responsive materials include any records related to the funding of Flock Safety-related technologies, partnerships, and subscriptions, including those related to civil asset forfeiture funds, grants, and any other funding sources.

MARKETING and PROMOTION MATERIALS
• All promotional, descriptive, and marketing materials in the possession of this agency related to and/or referencing “Flock" or "Flock Safety" and any of its products and services. This includes all presentations, marketing materials, technical documentation, proposals, or similar records shared with this agency and/or any representative thereof by Flock Safety and any representative thereof.

GUIDING DOCUMENTATION and POLICIES
• All policies, memorandums of understanding, and other guidance materials generated by this agency and/or entity operating on its behalf regarding the acquisition and use of any data or services provided by Flock Safety and any representative thereof or any subdivision thereof. Responsive materials include, but are not limited to, any data-sharing agreements, terms of use, licensing agreements, data retention policies, and any other guiding materials, such as user manuals, other guidance materials, help documents, or related materials.

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 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

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Please be advised that at this time the CCSO asks that you narrow your request as compliance would be overly broad and unduly burdensome, pursuant to 5 ILCS 140/3(g). Please note that your request is for over a dozen different types of records, involving searching and contacting over a dozen different departments and persons that may have the records being sought. To do the search for " alone, involves doing an email pull which could yield hundreds of pages, talking to multiple departments that may have had contact, used, or posses such documents, and would involve searching within those documents for any and all responsive documents, which again would be an unduly burdensome search All promotional, descriptive, and marketing materials in the possession of this agency related to and/or referencing “Flock" or "Flock Safety" and any of its products and services" In addition, your narrowed request on Apri1 30th, 2024 was narrowed to records during January 1st, 2020 to April 30th, 2024. This again, is unduly burdensome as it would involve not only searching and contacting over a dozen different departments and persons, but also would involve going through over 4 years worth of records. This request therefore is still unduly burdensome. Therefore we would like to extend you the opportunity to confer with our office in order to reduce your request to manageable proportions. .
Please respond with a narrowed response, such as by SCOPE, SPECIFIC DOCUMENTS, TIME PERIOD, PARTIES INVOLVED, KEY SEARCH TERMS, DOMAIN NAMES, DEPARTMENT, ETC., or provide a time you are available to conference call with our office in order to discuss your request.
Please contact us by replying to this email if you have any further concerns/questions related to this request.

Sincerely,

Raphael Forbes
Assistant General Counsel - FOIA Officer
Cook County Sheriff's Office
FOIA Officer/Legal Department

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RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST of April 21, 2024, Reference # R055178-042124.

Dear e e,

Thank you for contacting the Cook County Sheriff's Office ("CCSO") pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq. (2012).
Your request mentioned: To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records related to the agency's use of Flock Safety:

FINANCIAL MATERIALS
• All financial documents or records of financial transactions, exchanges or obligations related to the relationship between the aforementioned entities. Responsive materials include all invoices, bills, receipts, check stubs, or any other records, including those possessed in an electronic format. Responsive materials include any records related to the funding of Flock Safety-related technologies, partnerships, and subscriptions, including those related to civil asset forfeiture funds, grants, and any other funding sources.

MARKETING and PROMOTION MATERIALS
• All promotional, descriptive, and marketing materials in the possession of this agency related to and/or referencing “Flock" or "Flock Safety" and any of its products and services. This includes all presentations, marketing materials, technical documentation, proposals, or similar records shared with this agency and/or any representative thereof by Flock Safety and any representative thereof.

GUIDING DOCUMENTATION and POLICIES
• All policies, memorandums of understanding, and other guidance materials generated by this agency and/or entity operating on its behalf regarding the acquisition and use of any data or services provided by Flock Safety and any representative thereof or any subdivision thereof. Responsive materials include, but are not limited to, any data-sharing agreements, terms of use, licensing agreements, data retention policies, and any other guiding materials, such as user manuals, other guidance materials, help documents, or related materials.

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 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

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Thank you for narrowing your request. Please be advised that the Cook County Sheriff has reviewed its files and has located responsive records to your request. Please log in to the FOIA Request Center at the following link to retrieve the appropriate responsive documents. Please be advised that information has been redacted in accordance with 5 ILCS 140/7(1)(d)(ii) as it relates to operational emails and phone numbers release of which would inhibit the active administration of law enforcement.
FOIA Request - R055178-042124

If you have any questions, or wish to discuss this further, please contact me.

Sincerely,

Raphael Forbes
Cook County Sheriff's Office
FOIA Officer/Legal Department DATA DISCLAIMER: The CCSO strives to provide accurate and complete information. Although the data provided has been produced and processed from sources believed to be reliable, no warranty is made regarding the accuracy, adequacy, completeness, legality, reliability or usefulness of any information. This disclaimer applies to both isolated and aggregate uses of the information.
NOT REQUIRED TO INTERPRET OR EXPLAIN:
Please be advised that, pursuant to 5 ILCS 140/3.3, the purpose of FOIA is not to compel public bodies to interpret or advise requesters as to the meaning or significance of the public records, nor to compel a response to interrogatories.