Police Departments and Anti-Defamation League E-mails (Houston Police Department)
| Tracking # |
734471 18-07476 |
| Multi Request | Police Departments and Anti-Defamation League E-mails |
| Submitted | July 25, 2018 |
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Communications
From: Leila Young
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
From January 1st, 2018 to the latest date possible (today's date 07/25/2018 if possible, or the latest possible date available in the email system, as the systems are often up to a month behind / out-of-date):
E-mails between ejarvis@adl.org and all e-mail addresses associated with the police department to which this request is addressed containing in the subject line or body of the message one or more of the following search terms:
'Israel'
'NCTS'
'National'
'Counter'
'Terrorism'
'Counter-terrorism'
'Seminar'
'Invite'
'Invitation'
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 10 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Leila Young
From: Houston Police Department
Dear Leila Young,
Please be aware that we do not have the technical ability to globally search all HPD employee email accounts. You will need to specify the following:
- Please provide us with a list of HPD employees whose emails you wish us to search
Please be aware some of the emails may discuss information that is confidential as a matter of law, open/active criminal investigations, investigations which did not result in conviction/deferred adjudication, attorney-client communications, and/or law enforcement tactics, to include documents from other law enforcement agencies.
Do you agree to allow us to withhold messages that would be excepted by the "law enforcement exception?" (See 552.101, 552.103, 552.107, and 552.108 of the Texas Government Code, to include documents from other law enforcement agencies)?
Please note that if you do not agree to allow us to withhold these messages, and any of the messages contain this type of information, we will need to seek a ruling from the Texas Attorney General in order to withhold such messages. This process will add up approximately 60 business days to the processing time of your request. If you agree to allow us to withhold these types of messages, we will not need to seek the ruling from the AG to withhold them.
Sincerely,
Joe Zapata
HPD Open Records Unit
713-308-3264
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From: Leila Young
Hello, thank you for your message.
Here is the list of relevant HPD employees:
Art Acevedo
R. L. Woolfolk
M. D. Slinkard
T. R. Finner
D. R. Poor
W. R. Dobbins
J. G. Jones
P. Lopez, Jr.
H. J. Gaw
K. D. Anthony
L. J. Satterwhite
J. L. Jones
From: Houston Police Department
Dear Leila Young,
Please see the attached letter regarding your open records request.
Thank you,
Joe Zapata
HPD Open Records Unit
713-308-3264
From: Leila Young
Thank you! I look forward to receiving the documents.
From: Houston Police Department
Dear Leila Young,
Please see the attached letter regarding your open records request.
Thank you,
Joe Zapata
HPD Open Records Unit
713-308-3264
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Texas Public Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 25, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #18-07476.
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 Texas Public Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 25, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #18-07476.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Leila Young
Hello,
Your last letter mentioned consulting a third party in relation to my request. The records I'm requesting are PUBLIC RECORDS and I do not understand why consulting the third party is necessary or legal. I have submitted similar requests to other agencies and not a single one has referenced consulting a third party. Many of them have responded to my request. I've attached two files as evidence of the most responsive set of documents I've received from a department, in response to the exact request I sent you.
I appreciate your consideration in this matter.
Leila
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Texas Public Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 25, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #18-07476.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Houston Police Department
A first set of responsive documents from the agency, with more to be sent at a specified date.
From: Houston Police Department
A first set of responsive documents from the agency, with more to be sent at a specified date.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Texas Public Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 25, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #18-07476.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Houston Police Department
We are awaiting a ruling from the Attorney General's office.
Sincerely,
Joe Zapata
HPD Open Records Unit
713-308-3264
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~WRD000
From: Houston Police Department
Dear Leila Young,
Attached is your estimate letter.
Sincerely,
Joe Zapata
HPD Open Records Unit
713-308-3264
From: Leila Young
To Whom It May Concern:
Please find enclosed a check for $75.00 to satisfy the fee associated with the attached public records request.
Thank you.
From: Houston Police Department
A copy of documents responsive to the request.
From: Houston Police Department
A copy of documents responsive to the request.
From: Leila Young
Dear Joe Zapata,
I'm writing to ask whether you all received the check we sent back in November of 2018, and when I can expect to be sent documents responsive to my request.
Thank you,
Leila
From: Houston Police Department
Dear Leila Young,
We received your payment on November 27, 2018; and, your documents were mailed on January 4, 2019.
Sincerely,
Joe Zapata
HPD Open Records Unit
713-308-3264
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~WRD000
From: Muckrock Staff
Hello,
I wanted to follow up on this request. We have not received the responsive documents that were mailed on January 4th. To what address were they sent?
Thank you very much for your help!
Best,
Kiera Murray
From: Houston Police Department
Good morning Ms. Murray.
We will forward this message to the Open Records unit at HPD.Openrecords@houstonpolice.org<mailto:HPD.Openrecords@houstonpolice.org>. Please make a note of that address.
Public Affairs (mh)
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From: Houston Police Department
Dear Kiera Murray,
I got your message. The documents were mailed to:
Leila Young
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 60446
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516
Please check with Dept MR 60446; if you do not have that department, let me know.
Sincerely,
Joe Zapata
HPD Open Records Unit
713-308-3264
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From: Kiera Murray
Hi Joe,
Okay, thank you so much! I've found them under Dept 60446.
I will mark this as complete on our end - if you need to refer to this request or send any mail for it in the future, it is designated as Dept. MR 58701 in our system.
Thanks again and have a nice evening.
Best,
Kiera
From: Houston Police Department
My apologies for sending it to the incorrect department. Glad you got them.
Sincerely,
Joe Zapata
HPD Open Records Unit
713-308-3264
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~WRD000