Law enforcement officer certification request (Louisiana Peace Officer Standards & Training Council)

TO: MuckRock.com-Record Request

In response to your record request regarding all Louisiana peace officers, please note the following:

1) POST ID numbers are generated by the POST database as a basis to link relational databases in POST. Only our third party vendor, who manages the system has access to those numbers. Consequently, we hold that those numbers are proprietary and part of our unique database and are not considered public records under the provision of Louisiana Revised Statute R.S. 44.3.2.

2) Other information that you requested in our database is not considered a public record under the provisions of R.S. 15.1212.l which says in part that information stored in the POST database other than training and certification records shall not be disclosed to any persons other than a qualifying law enforcement agency. Your organization is not a qualifying law enforcement agency.

3) 3) The POST database does not capture the rank of the peace officer nor the race/ethnicity. Today, there are over 70,000 records on current and former Louisiana peace officers.
At a cost of .25/page (paper), the cost to provide copies of those documents is $17,500 dollars. Our office policy is not to waive costs for the duplication of documents.
4) However, we note the decision of the following Louisiana court action in a case involving over burdensome requests):

In re Public Records Request of Beckett v. Serpas, 2012-1349 (La. App. 4 Cir. 3/20/13), 112 So. 3d 348, 353.ed that the examination of records or requests for duties. See also La.

We claim that this request for the peace officer database is so burdensome that it will interfere with the operation of the office, and, therefore, decline this request.

Should you have any questions, please advise.

Bob Wertz
Law Enforcement Training Manager
LA Commission on Law Enforcement
602 North 5th Street (Physical)
Box 3133 (Mail)
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
(225) 342-1667
(225) 342-1672 (Fax)
www.lcle.la.gov<http://www.lcle.la.gov>

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Name

bocar ba

Email

requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>

Phone

(617) 299-1832

What records can we help you find?

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Louisiana Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

All law enforcement officer certifications in this state ever, including:

Officer ID
Employment history
Agency start date/end date
Rank start/end
Status
Year of Birth
Race/Ethnicity
Gender

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 3 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

bocar ba

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