Short-Term Detention and Cooperation with CBP and DHS
Background
This public records request sought information regarding WPD’s provision of short-term holding cells for CBP, including any agreements with DHS and any records relating to the detention of all individuals held at the Wilmington Public Safety Building.
Info About First Responder Network Authority
Background
The purpose of this request was to seek information regarding the First Responder Network Authority, Massachusetts’ participation in the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network, and the activities of the Commonwealth Public Safety Broadband Office.
- Information about services – 1
- Information about services – 2
- Information about services – 3
- Financial Assistance Award
- U.S. Dept of Commerce – Quarterly Performance Progress Report – 4/25/2014
- U.S. Dept of Commerce – Quarterly Performance Progress Report – 7/25/2014
- U.S. Dept of Commerce – Quarterly Performance Progress Report – 7/25/2014 – 2
- U.S. Dept of Commerce – Quarterly Performance Progress Report
- U.S. Dept of Commerce – Quarterly Performance Progress Report – 1/27/2014
- U.S. Dept of Commerce – Quarterly Performance Progress Report – 1/26/2015
- U.S. Dept of Commerce – Quarterly Performance Progress Report – 7/25/2014 – 3
- Grant Program Special Award Conditions
- Application for Federal Assistance
MassDOT's Use of Facial Recognition Technology
Background
The purpose of this request was to seek information regarding the Registry of Motor Vehicle’s use of facial recognition technology and sharing of license photographs and information with law enforcement and other agencies, including grant applications, memoranda of understanding or agreement, records requests, privacy policies, and legal justifications.
Regional Interagency Mutual Aid Organizations Between Law Enforcement
Background
The purpose of this public records request was to seek information regarding different police departments’ participation in regional interagency mutual aid organizations including memorandums of understanding, budgets, and financial documents.
Information about Joint Terrorism Task Force and Todashev Case
Background
The purpose of this request was to seek information about how the Massachusetts Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) functions, how its authority is divided and shared, what safeguards are in place to ensure the civil liberties of those whom it targets, and the number and type of investigations conducted out of Massachusetts. The request also seeks specific information about the Massachusetts JTTF’s involvement in the investigation into and death of a suspect, lbragim Todashev.
News Clippings
- News Clippings
- News Clippings – 2
- News Clippings – 3
- News Clippings – 4
- News Clippings – 5
- News Clippings – 6
- News Clippings – 7
- News Clippings – 8
- News Clippings – 9
- News Clippings – 10
- News Clippings – 11
- News Clippings – 12
- News Clippings – 13
- News Clippings – 14
- Summary on Terrorism, 10/23/2013
- News Clippings – 15
- Summary on Terrorism, 3/24/2014
- News Clippings – 16
- News Clippings – 17
- News Clippings – 18
- Terrorism Update 10/25/2013
- News Clippings – 19
- News Clippings – 20
Information about Joint Terrorism Task Force and Todashev Case
Background
The purpose of this request was to seek information about how the Massachusetts Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) functions, how its authority is divided and shared, what safeguards are in place to ensure the civil liberties of those whom it targets, and the number and type of investigations conducted out of Massachusetts. The request also seeks specific information about the Massachusetts JTTF’s involvement in the investigation into and death of a suspect, lbragim Todashev.
- FBI First release of documents
- 1246012 FOIPARELEASELETTER 2nd Release
- Springfield PD preamble
- JTTF Standard MOU
- CTD Budget Search EC
- Jan 6th, 2015 letter
- Massachusetts JTTF Docs
- Massachusetts JTTF Docs – 2
- NJTTF Docs
- NJTTF Docs – 2
- Sentinel Report
- Sentinel Report – 2
- FBI Fourth Release Letter
- FBI Todashev Intelligence Log
- FBI Todashev Medical Examiner and Administrative Notes
- FBI Deleted Page Information Sheet
- FBI Fifth Release Letter
- FBI Sixth and Final Release Letter
- FBI Todashev Crime Scene Photographs
- FBI Misc Administrative Documents
- Fox News Sunday, April 21, 2013, Transcript
- The Fall of the House of Tsarnaev
- TP Shooting Incident
- Todashev Photographs – 1
- Todashev Photographs – 2
Procurement for Urban Areas Security Initiative
Background
In December 2010, the ACLU of Massachusetts filed a public records request for information about the City of Boston’s surveillance camera network. The request was filed to the Metro Boston Office of Homeland Security, Office of Emergency Management, at the Mayor’s office in Boston. This office is responsible for managing Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant funding from the federal Department of Homeland Security and distributing it throughout the metropolitan region.
The documents we received sketch out the contours of the networked surveillance camera system operating throughout nine cities in the Boston metropolitan area: Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Revere, Quincy, Somerville, and Winthrop.
- Boston Regional Intelligence Center (BRIC) Privacy Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Policy
- Critical Infrastructure Monitoring System budget
- Critical Infrastructure Monitoring System plan — March 19, 2007
- Boston UASI DHS investment review — 2007
- “Utilizing Digital Watermarks for Secure, Long-Term Archiving of Digital Images and Records” — May 16, 2003
- FirstView Administrative Guide and User Manual (Smiths Detection)
- Notice to Proceed for 25 New Cameras | BPD — June 22, 2006
- New England Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Initiative Regional Executive Committee Signatory Designation
- Executive Office of Public Safety and Security – Homeland Security Division – FFY 2007 Quarterly Progress Report – UASI
- Smiths Detection Response to the City’s Request for Proposals for a Networked CCTV System – Part One
- Smiths Detection Response to the City’s Request for Proposals for a Networked CCTV System – Part Three
- Smiths Detection Response to the City’s Request for Proposals for a Networked CCTV System – Part Two
- Smiths Detection, Livewire Contract with the City of Boston
- PSnet Study Report — January 31, 2007
Memoranda of Understanding:
- MOU Everett
- MOU MBTA
- MOU Quincy
- MOU Revere
- MOU Somerville
- MOU Winthrop
- MOU Chelsea
- MOU Brookline
- MOU Cambridge Metro Office
Relationship Between Police and Drug Enforcement Administration
Background
The purpose of this request is to seek information to make sense of the working relationship between various Commonwealth Police and the Drug Enforcement Agency, particularly the Special Operations Division.
National Guard Resources and Records
Background
The purpose of this public records request is to seek information about military equipment and resources channeled through the National Guard to local law enforcement agencies.
Administrative Subpoena Use Across the Commonwealth
Background
In 2008, the provisions of G.L. c. 271, § 17B were amended to expand substantially the power of Massachusetts prosecutors to obtain information about private communications. Enacted as part of legislation addressed to preventing sexual abuse of children, St. 2008, § 205, and described by the attorney general as a tool to track online predators, the amendment of § 17B nevertheless went much further. As amended, the law allows the attorney general or a district attorney to issue an administrative subpoena for the records of certain communications service providers concerning private communications if the prosecutor has “reasonable grounds to believe that [such records] are relevant and material to an ongoing criminal investigation.” The recipient of such a subpoena is required to deliver the records to the attorney general or the district attorney within 14 days. Although the statute expressly prohibits the disclosure of the content of electronic communication, the records, which may be obtained under the statute, are capable of revealing significant amounts of information about the activities and communications of Massachusetts residents.
The purpose of this request is to understand how Administrative Subpoenas have been used across the Commonwealth.
- ACLU Request to Attorney General
- ACLU Request to Berkshire County
- ACLU Request to Bristol County
- ACLU Request to Cape and Islands
- ACLU Request to Essex County
- ACLU Request to Hampden County
- ACLU Request to Middlesex County
- ACLU Request to Norfolk County
- ACLU Request to Northwestern District
- ACLU Request to Plymouth County
- ACLU Request to Suffolk County
- ACLU Request to Worcester County
- Response from Attorney General
- Second response from Attorney General
- Response from Berkshire County
- Response from Essex County
- Response from Hampden County
- Response from Middlesex County
- Response from Norfolk County
- Response from Northwestern District
- Notes
- Response from Plymouth County
- Response from Suffolk County
- Second response from Suffolk County
- Response from Worcester County
Suffolk
- 01_Instructional Memorandum
- 01_Sample of Completed E-Mail Trace
- 02_Admin Subpoena Request Form
- 02_cell phone template
- 02_email template
- 02_ip address template
- 03_Brighton
- 03_Central
- 03_Charlestown
- 03_Chelsea
- 03_Dorchester
- 03_East Boston
- 03_Homicide
- 03_Roxbury
- 03_Special Prosecutions 2011
- 03_Special Prosecutions 2012
- 03_Special Prosecutions 2013
- 03_West Roxbury
Essex