COPS Communications

Dear Rose Terse:
Thank you for your interest in public records of Spokane County. Your request has been received and is being processed in accordance with the State of Washington Public Records Act, Chapter 42.56 RCW. Your request was received in this office on 6/17/2024 and given the reference number S019011-061724 for tracking purposes. Records Requested: To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

All email communications with Langley Productions since January 1, 2023, including attachments and associated metadata

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,

Rose Terse

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Not all public documents are available in electronic format. If the document(s) requested are not available electronically, we will make them available for inspection or by paper copy in accordance with the Public Records Act, Chapter 42.56 RCW.

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. PLEASE NOTE: The State of Washington Public Records Act, Chapter 42.56 RCW, does not require a governmental body to create new information, to do legal research, or to answer questions.

You can monitor the progress of your request at the link below and you'll receive an email when your request has been completed.

Please be advised that Spokane Regional Emergency Communications ("SREC") is the custodian of 911 and Crime Check audio recordings as well as audio recordings of dispatch and radio traffic. If you are attempting to obtain audio recordings of 911/Crime Check calls and/or radio traffic, you need to submit a separate request to SREC directly. You can submit a records request to SREC via their website, https://www.srec911.com.
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Rose Terse:
In accordance with the Public Records Act, RCW 42.56.520, this message acknowledges receipt of your public records request, received by Spokane County on 6/17/2024. This request has been assigned reference codeS019011-061724. Please include this code in any communications concerning this request.
Specifically, you requested: “To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

All email communications with Langley Productions since January 1, 2023, including attachments and associated metadata

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,

Rose Terse

Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/
Additional clarification is required regarding the search parameters to be utilized for a search of the County's email archive. For example, would you be amenable to the following:

Time Frame:       from 01/01/2023 to 06/17/2024
To/From:             all SCSO Employees
Keywords:          Langley Productions

You are welcome to modify the above search parameters. Please confirm that the above search parameters are satisfactory. If they are not, please provide modified parameters under which a search can be performed.
Please respond within 30 days of today’s date, or by 07/24/2024, confirming the above search parameters, or provide the alternate search parameters. If no such response is received from you by that date, we will proceed with our understanding of the request based on the above listed search parameters.
Our procedure is to locate records, review them for exemptions, and then prepare them for your inspection or copying. Due to the potential volume of records that may be responsive to this request, as well as the complexity of identifying and gathering the records, we anticipate processing this request in installments. We are currently processing over 760 active requests. This does mean that it can take time to process requests, but we work to provide requestors with installments of their records on a timely basis.
We reasonably anticipate an installment/requested records will be available on or before 09/13/2024. If public records become available in advance of this estimate, we will let you know. Conversely, if staff encounters a need to extend our estimate, we will advise accordingly.
With respect to audio recordings, please be advised that Spokane Regional Emergency Communications ("SREC") is the custodian of 911/Crime Check audio recordings as well as audio recordings of radio traffic. If you are attempting to obtain audio recordings of 911/Crime Check calls and/or radio traffic, you need to submit a separate request to SREC directly via the following link: https://srec911.com/
Finally, please be advised that there may be fees associated with the copying of public records. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with Spokane County's Public Records Request Policy and Fee Schedule, which can be found in the FAQs section.
Sincerely,
JOHN F. NOWELS, Sheriff
Spokane County
LB
Public Records Specialist
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Rose Terse:
I’m writing to update you on your public records request assigned reference code S019011-061724. Thank you for your response as a remider, our procedure is to locate records, review them for exemptions, and then prepare them for your inspection or copying. Due to the potential volume of records that may be responsive to this request, as well as the complexity of identifying and gathering the records, we anticipate processing this request in installments. We are currently processing over 800 active requests. This does mean that it can take time to process requests, but we work to provide requestors with installments of their records on a timely basis.
We reasonably anticipate an installment/requested records will be available on or before 09/13/2024. If public records become available in advance of this estimate, we will let you know. Conversely, if staff encounters a need to extend our estimate, we will advise accordingly.
Finally, please be advised that there may be fees associated with the copying of public records. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with Spokane County's Public Records Request Policy and Fee Schedule, which can be found in the FAQs section.
Sincerely,
JOHN F. NOWELS, Sheriff
Spokane County
LB
Public Records Specialist
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Rose Terse:
This message is to provide an update on your public records request assigned reference code S019011-061724.
After a reasonable objective search of the email system, it has been found the Spokane County Sheriff's Office has no responsive records to satisfy your request.
This request is now considered concluded and closed because no responsive records were located. This is our final, definitive response to this request. Now that this request is closed, the Public Records Act's one-year statute of limitations to seek judicial review has started to run because the agency does not intend to further address this request. If you have questions or concerns about this request, please contact us within 10 business days of the date of this message. If we may be of further assistance, please advise.
Sincerely,
JOHN F. NOWELS, Sheriff
Spokane County
LB
Public Records Specialist
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Rose Terse:
Pursuant to Section 4.11 of Spokane County’s Public Records Act Policy (Later Discovered Documents), we are following up to advise that, after completing your request, it came to our attention that due to a technology error documents were inadvertently overlooked. We apologize for the error.
As soon as the error was discovered, we proceeded with a further search of our records which is currently underway. We reasonably anticipate an installment/requested records will be available on or before 09/27/2024. If public records become available in advance of this estimate, we will let you know. Conversely, if staff encounters a need to extend our estimate, we will advise accordingly.
Sincerely,
JOHN F. NOWELS, Sheriff
Spokane County
LB
Public Records Specialist
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Rose Terse:
This message is to provide an update on your public records request assigned reference code S019011-061724.
An installment of responsive records are now available for download in the “My Request Center” of the public records portal. Instructions for downloading the files follows:
* Navigate to the Spokane County Public Records Center by following the blue "Public Records Center" hyperlink contained in the footer of this email.
* Log in with your user name and password. You will be taken directly into this request.
* Click on the "Download All" button directly above the blue "Files" box. *If you have a pop-up blocker, you will need to allow pop-ups for this site in order for the files to download. After they have downloaded, if the files do not open automatically, they will appear in your computer's "Downloads" folder.
The Spokane County Sheriff's Office is obligated to provide records in accordance with the Washington State Public Records Act. Please note that the records you have requested may contain images and/or descriptions of events that are considered graphic in nature and may not be suitable for children or those who are sensitive to such material.
Please claim your installment by reviewing or downloading the available records. If this installment has not been claimed within 30 days, or by 10/25/2024, this request will be considered abandoned and will be administratively closed as of that date. Once the available installment has been claimed, we will provide you with the estimated date of the next installment. To schedule an appointment to view the records in person at no charge, please call us at 509-477-6926.
Sincerely,
JOHN F. NOWELS, Sheriff
Spokane County
LB
Public Records Specialist
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Rose Terse:
This message is to provide an update on your public records request assigned reference code S019011-061724.
Thank you for claiming your records installment. As a reminder, our procedure is to locate records, review them for exemptions, and then prepare them for your inspection or copying. We reasonably believe the next installment of records responsive will be available on or before 02/21/2025. If public records become available in advance of this estimate, we will let you know. Conversely, if staff encounters a need to extend our estimate, we will advise accordingly. We are currently processing over 880 active requests.

Finally, please be advised that there may be fees associated with the copying of public records. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with Spokane County's Public Records Request Policy and Fee Schedule, which can be found in the FAQs section.
Sincerely,
JOHN F. NOWELS, Sheriff
Spokane County
LB
Public Records Specialist
Please do not update subject line above when replying.

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Rose Terse:
This message is to provide an update on your public records request assigned reference code S019011-061724.
An installment of responsive records are now available for download in the “My Request Center” of the public records portal. Instructions for downloading the files follows:
* Navigate to the Spokane County Public Records Center by following the blue "Public Records Center" hyperlink contained in the footer of this email.
* Log in with your user name and password. You will be taken directly into this request.
* Click on the "Download All" button directly above the blue "Files" box. *If you have a pop-up blocker, you will need to allow pop-ups for this site in order for the files to download. After they have downloaded, if the files do not open automatically, they will appear in your computer's "Downloads" folder.
The Spokane County Sheriff's Office is obligated to provide records in accordance with the Washington State Public Records Act. Please note that the records you have requested may contain images and/or descriptions of events that are considered graphic in nature and may not be suitable for children or those who are sensitive to such material.
Please claim your installment by reviewing or downloading the available records. If this installment has not been claimed within 30 days, or by 03/21/2025, this request will be considered abandoned and will be administratively closed as of that date. Once the available installment has been claimed, we will provide you with the estimated date of the next installment. To schedule an appointment to view the records in person at no charge, please call us at 509-477-6926.
Sincerely,
JOHN F. NOWELS, Sheriff
Spokane County
LB
Public Records Specialist
Please do not update subject line above when replying.