# 2020-10-14 Leadership Cadence

## Date <a href="#id-2020-10-14leadershipcadence-date" id="id-2020-10-14leadershipcadence-date"></a>

14 Oct 2020

## Participants <a href="#id-2020-10-14leadershipcadence-participants" id="id-2020-10-14leadershipcadence-participants"></a>

* [Zach Goulson](https://pdap.atlassian.net/wiki/people/5f1f8319ef11df0025869e21?ref=confluence)
* [Josh Lintag](https://pdap.atlassian.net/wiki/people/5f20c61fc9c094001c5d32ca?ref=confluence)
* [Eddie Brown (Unlicensed)](https://pdap.atlassian.net/wiki/people/5f2205e570fb250022c01aaa?ref=confluence)
* [Will Beaumont](https://pdap.atlassian.net/wiki/people/5e9c6021ca2a1d0c2e249bab?ref=confluence)
* [Alec Akin (Unlicensed)](https://pdap.atlassian.net/wiki/people/5f1e64ee2aa25000286fc7fc?ref=confluence)
* Emily Crose

## Goals <a href="#id-2020-10-14leadershipcadence-goals" id="id-2020-10-14leadershipcadence-goals"></a>

* Discuss FOIA and board membership logistics

## Discussion topics <a href="#id-2020-10-14leadershipcadence-discussiontopics" id="id-2020-10-14leadershipcadence-discussiontopics"></a>

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| **FOIA**   |               | <ul><li><p>Primer questions:</p><ul><li>What do we do with FOIA?</li><li>How do we want to approach Stonewalling</li><li>What can we even do to compel valid responses from FOIA requests?</li><li>Is there a way to source the information around which agencies fulfill/evade requests</li><li>What are the gaps that we need information for that FOIA can fulfill?</li><li><p>What does our attitude need to look like when we interface with the other end of these FOIA requests?</p><ul><li>FOIA is an activist endeavor - how far as a group should we take that at this moment in time?</li></ul></li></ul></li><li><p>Comparing federal agencies vs non-federal FOIA requests</p><ul><li><p>Federal agencies </p><ul><li>Generally consistent regarding the kind of information that we get</li></ul></li><li><p>State and local</p><ul><li>Complete dismissal/non response for requests</li><li><p>Invalid excuses on not being able to fulfill requests</p><ul><li>I.e. “non-existing” documentation for involvement/support of OPERATION LEGEND will require the generation of new documents to fulfill the request; law enforcement doesn’t “have to comply” because they cite that FOIA only applies to already existing documents</li></ul></li><li>Paywalled behind large pre-processing fees</li><li>Requests for what should be readily available information (such as mission statements) are rejected in FOIA requests</li></ul></li></ul></li><li><p>There’s value in the process of making FOIA requests, in addition to the content</p><ul><li>They hold law enforcement accountable</li><li><p>Response/non-response can be tabulated as a data point</p><ul><li>Metropolitan police departments have not been reliable in fulfilling requests</li></ul></li><li>We can cross reference FOIA sourced data points with NIBRS/state-IBRS data points for inconsistencies</li></ul></li><li><p>Current state of PDAP support for FOIA</p><ul><li><p>For FOIA requests to take, there’s a need for legal representation that PDAP currently doesn’t have</p><ul><li>It’s been mentioned that we can seek this legal representation out if it’s not A\&P</li><li>We’ll have more pull once we’re incorporated and not simply a group</li></ul></li><li><p>Volunteer data opportunity - get someone to make requests and keep count of who fulfills/evades requests</p><ul><li>Identify what the expectations are for a request</li><li>Document actual experience and how it differs from expectations</li></ul></li></ul></li><li><p>Direction</p><ul><li><p>Current issues with Muckrock preventing us from socializing the FOIA requests to the rest of the group</p><ul><li>May require some follow up with Muckrock</li></ul></li><li>As we flesh out the NIBRS/OIBRS comparisons, we’ll have more information on what is missing and what we could potentially have FOIA fill in</li></ul></li></ul> |
| **Board**  |               | <ul><li>We’ll generally want folks that will be active participants and consistently around</li><li>How do we make sure we stay diverse, and what does that look like for us?</li><li><p>Leadership to DM Eddie for those interested</p><ul><li>Full Name</li><li>Address</li></ul></li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **Splunk** |               | <ul><li>Alec taking the lead on interfacing with reps from Splunk </li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

## Action items <a href="#id-2020-10-14leadershipcadence-actionitems" id="id-2020-10-14leadershipcadence-actionitems"></a>

* [Zach Goulson](https://pdap.atlassian.net/wiki/people/5f1f8319ef11df0025869e21?ref=confluence)[Will Beaumont](https://pdap.atlassian.net/wiki/people/5e9c6021ca2a1d0c2e249bab?ref=confluence) Send Eddie a DM about board positions. Full name and address
* Making a FOIA request that is in line with what the FBI requests of local jurisdictions

## Decisions <a href="#id-2020-10-14leadershipcadence-decisions" id="id-2020-10-14leadershipcadence-decisions"></a>

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