2020 Vigilant Data Sharing Information - Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) (McDonough Police Department)
| Multi Request | 2020 Vigilant Data Sharing Information - Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) |
| Submitted | Jan. 28, 2020 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Dave Maass
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Georgia Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Part A: Information related to Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) data sharing.
1) The names of agencies and organizations with which the Agency shares ALPR data;
2) The names of agencies and organizations from which the Agency receives ALPR data;
3) The names of agencies and organizations with which the Agency shares “hot list” information;
4) The names of agencies and organizations from which the Agency receives “hot list” information;
Part B: Information Related to Numbers of “Detections” (plate scans) and “Hits” (plate scans that matched to a hotlist)
5) The aggregate number of detections collected during 2018;
6) The aggregate number of “hits” during 2018;
7) The aggregate number of detections collected during 2019;
8) The aggregate number of “hits” during 2019.
Approximately two years ago your agency provided the equivalent information in response to a records request. You can view your agency’s previous release here: https://www.eff.org/pages/explore-alpr
For items 1-4: This information is easily available within the Agency’s Vigilant Solutions LEARN system. The simplest way to extract this data is to generate an “Agency Data Sharing Report” PDF file from within LEARN. To do this, a user may simply go to the “Sharing” section of LEARN and select “Output Report.” A CSV/XLS file containing these records would also satisfy this request. The instructions for extracting this data is described on pages 62-63 of the LEARN Agency Manager Guide, which may be found at this link: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3860685-LEARN-5-1-Agency-Manager-Guide.html
For items 5-8: This information is easily available within the Agency’s Vigilant Solutions LEARN system. The simplest way to extract this data is to generate a “Dashboard Hit Ratio Report” PDF file from within LEARN. We would prefer the data for each year to be provided separately. The instructions for extracting this data is described on pages 78-79 of the LEARN Agency Manager Guide, which may be found at this link: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3860685-LEARN-5-1-Agency-Manager-Guide.html
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,
Dave Maass
From: McDonough Police Department
An interim response, stating the request is being processed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Georgia Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 28, 2020. 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: McDonough Police Department
An interim response, stating the request is being processed.
From: McDonough Police Department
A letter stating the requester must agree to or prepay assessed or estimated fees in order for the agency to continue processing the request.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Georgia Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 28, 2020. 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: McDonough Police Department
Mr. Maass,
Kat Story initially responded day the day the request was received, then there was a follow up letter on February 7th and the final response on February 11th. Kat’s contact information is on both letters.
These emails continue and to the best of our knowledge Kat has responded with the information. What specific information are you missing from the request? Please advise and let Kat know.
Thank you.
Janis E. Price, MMC
City Clerk
City of McDonough, GA
770-957-3915 ext. 6205
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From: Dave Maass
Thank you for the response. We did not receive the Feb 11 correspondence. Could you resend?
From: McDonough Police Department
A letter stating the requester must agree to or prepay assessed or estimated fees in order for the agency to continue processing the request.
From: Dave Maass
Sorry for the delay on this. I would still like the records and am happy to pay the fee.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Georgia Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 28, 2020. 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: McDonough Police Department
Dave Maass
Filed via MuckRock.com
The City has responded to your open records request. The information has been mailed to you. The City has not received payment for the information mailed to you. The City has not received any package returned as “undeliverable.” We are responding to you at the above email as requested.
We have asked what was missing from the responded information which was mailed and has been no response from you –just the same email.
Please either stop these emails or call us to discuss this request and when may we expect payment from the information already mailed to you?
Thank you.
Janis E. Price, MMC
City Clerk
City of McDonough, GA 30253
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From: Dave Maass
Hi Janis! I think there's miscommunication on our end internally. We'll check to see if the records are in our stack of mail. Once those are processed on our end, we can make the payment. Sorry for the delay.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Georgia Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 28, 2020. 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: McDonough Police Department
To MuckRock and Dave Maass,
You have sent another email on Monday, December 28, 2020 regarding this request. Look at your response below in “red” to me on December 11, 2020, and yet you sent another email.
We mailed you the information months ago and an invoice. Georgia Open Records laws requires that you pay for an open records request in which you did agree upon.
These continued emails are harassing. Any future correspondence will come from our City Attorney.
Thank you.
Janis E., Price, MMC
City Clerk
City of McDonough, GA 30253
770.957.3915 ext. 6205
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McDonough Police Department
ORA Office
50 Lawrenceville Street
McDonough, GA 30253
December 11, 2020
This is a follow up to a previous request:
Hi Janis! I think there's miscommunication on our end internally. We'll check to see if the records are in our stack of mail. Once those are processed on our end, we can make the payment. Sorry for the delay.
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On Dec. 9, 2020:
Subject: RE: Georgia Open Records Act Request: 2020 Vigilant Data Sharing Information - Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) (McDonough Police Department)
Dave Maass
Filed via MuckRock.com
The City has responded to your open records request. The information has been mailed to you. The City has not received payment for the information mailed to you. The City has not received any package returned as “undeliverable.” We are responding to you at the above email as requested.
We have asked what was missing from the responded information which was mailed and has been no response from you –just the same email.
Please either stop these emails or call us to discuss this request and when may we expect payment from the information already mailed to you?
Thank you.
Janis E. Price, MMC
City Clerk
City of McDonough, GA 30253
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On Nov. 24, 2020:
Subject: RE: Georgia Open Records Act Request: 2020 Vigilant Data Sharing Information - Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) (McDonough Police Department)
Sorry for the delay on this. I would still like the records and am happy to pay the fee.
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On July 9, 2020:
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