Evanston” To: 2 CITY OF EVANSTON DENIAL OF REQUEST FOR PUBLIC RECORDS UNDER FOIA Matt Lamb On January 20, 2021, the City of Evanston received your written request for the inspection, copying, or certification of certain City public records ("Your Request”) pursuant to the Freedom of Information FOIA (-FOIA') Denial of Request ‘Your Request is hereby denied in its entirety. The reason(s) for denial are stated in Paragraph 3 or reason stated below: X_ Your Request has been denied in part. The records for which Your Request is denied and granted are detailed below: (2) Your Request is denied as to the following records (the “Specified Records’): Personal information has been redacted (b) Your Request is granted in part as the following records (the “Approved Records"): Report fled by Elisabeth Lindsay-Ryan between 12/1/20 tom 1/20/21 Notice of the Right to Review ‘You have the right to file a request for review of Your Request and this Notice of Denial by the Public Access Counselor of the Office ofthe Illinois Attorney General. The Public ‘Access Counselor may be contested at 500 South 2” Street, Springfield, linois 62706, (or by telephone at (217) 558-0486, In addition, you have the right to seek judicial review of this denial Justification of Der Your Request is being denied with respect to the Specified Records because the Specified Records are exempt from disclosure pursuant to FOIA for the following reason or reasons (references are to sections of FOIA) (a) Personal Privacy -X___ The Specified Records are private information. § 2(c-5), § 7(1}(¢) (b) Internal Operations Form 8 — Denial 4‘The Specified Records relate to pending negotiations for the purchase or sale of real estate. § 7(1Xr) (c) Law enforcement and security (d) Juvenile Records: ‘The Specified Records were created in the course of administrative enforcement proceedings, or for law enforcement purposes, and disclosure would. interfere with a pending or actually and reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceeding by the City. § 7(1 dX) interfere with active administrative enforcement proceedings by the City § 7(1NAXi) unavoidably disclose the identity of a confidential source or confidential information provided by the confidential source, or the identity of persons who file complaints with or provide information to administrative, investigative, law enforcements or penal agencies. § 7(1)(d)(iv) disclose unique or specialized investigative techniques other than those generally used and known, and disclosure would result in demonstrable harm to the City. § 7(1\d)v) endanger the life or physical safety of any person. § 7(1)(d)vi) obstruct or interfere with an active or ongoing criminal investigation by the City. § 7(1)dXiv), § 7(1AXvii) 5 ILCS 140/7.5(bb) states that information which is or was prohibited from disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 may be withheld from FOIA, 705 ILCS 405/1-7(A) specifies that all juvenile law enforcement records which have not been expunged are confidential and may never be disclosed to the general public or otherwise made widely avaiable {e) Attorney Communications The Specified Records were prepared or compiled at the request of an attorney advising the City in anticipation of criminal, civil, or administrative proceedings. § 71m) ‘The Specified Records were prepared or compiled with respect to an internal audit of the City. § 7(1)(m) (f) Personnel Form B ~ Denial The Specified Records are test questions, scoring keys, or other examination data used to determine employment or license qualifications. § 7(1)(q) The Specified Records relate to adjudication of an employee grievance or isciplinary case, and do not constitute the final outcome of a case in which discipline was imposed. § 7(1)(n) ‘The Specified Records relate to employee collective bargaining matters and do not constitute a final collective bargaining agreement. § 7(1p) Disclosure of the Specified Records is prohibited by the Personne! Records Review FOIA. §7.5(q)(g) Not Public Records ‘The Specified Records are neither prepared by or for the City, nor have the Specified Records been or are being used by, or received by, the City. § 1, § 2(c) ‘The Specified Records are not within the City’s possession or control, nor are the Specified Records related to a governmental function. § 1, § 2(c), § 7(2) (h) Miscellaneous: Your Request, couched in categorical terms, is unduly burdensome because the burden on the City of complying with Your Request outweighs the public interest in providing the Specified Records, and efforts to reduce Your Request to manageable proportions have been unsuccessful after the City's extension of the opportunity to meet and confer on the documents requested. § 1 &3(g) Your Request is unduly burdensome because you have repeatedly requested the Specified Records, which records are unchanged or identical to records previously provided or properly denied pursuant tothe FOIA § 3(g) Disclosure of the Specified Records is specifically prohibited by the following Federal or State law, rule §7(1(2)) Body Camera Footag: Disclosure of the Specified Records is prohibited by the Ilinois Freedom of Information Act. 5 ILCS 140/7.5(cc) Disclosure of the Specified Records is further prohibited by the Ilinois Law Enforcement Orficer-Worn Body Camera Act. 50 ILCS 706/10-20(b) im 3. You have a right to appeal this decision within 60 days to Sarah Pratt, Acting Public Access Counselor, Office of the Illinois Attorney General, 500 S. 2nd Street, Springfield, illinois 62706, (phone number 1-877-299-FOIA) or to seek judicial review under Section 11 of FOIA, 5 ILCS. 140/11 Dated: February 2, 2021 CITY OF EVANSTON Oh ge Title: Chief of Police Form 8 - Denia 3as rane Evanston Public Record Requests Request #21-85 Open As of February 1, 2021, 3:55pm Request Visibility: Embargoed -- Will be auto-published 24 hours after closure Details Hello, | am requesting a copy of any police report filed by Elisabeth Lindsay-Ryan for the time period 12/1/2020 to 1/20/2021. This is a request on behalf of The College Fix, a journalism nonprofit. | am asking you to waive any fees associated with the request. Sincerely, Matt Lamb [email protected] 7089173909 Received January 20, 2021 via web Due February 3, 2021 Departments Requester Matt Lamb. [email protected] 7089173909 The College Fixas » Evanston Public Record Requests Requester email status list Request opened * Sent January 20, 2021, 10:08am * Opened January 20, 2021, 10:08am * Delivered January 20, 2021, 10:08am External message added * Sent January 27, 2021, 5:48pm * Delivered fanuary 27, 2021, 5:49pm * Opened January 27, 2021, 8:09pm Due date changed * Sent January 27, 2021, 5:48pm * Delivered January 27, 2021, 5:49pm * Opened January 27, 2021, 8:09pm Tags Documents Public (pending) (none) Requester (none) Staff Only (none) Staff Point of Contactas romin Evanston Public Record Requests [email protected] Support [email protected] nes@cityofevanston. Tasks Timeline Due Date Changed Public 02/03/2021 (was 01/27/2021). 5 Day January 27, 2021, 5:48pm by Alexandra Ruggie, Assistant City Attorney External Message Requester + Staff Please be advised that an additional 5 business days from the original due date is needed and the additional time is needed for the following reason(s): records are stored at other locations than the office having charge of the requested records; request requires the collection of a substantial number of specified records; request has categorical terms and requires an extensive search; _X___ requested records have not been located and additional efforts are being made to locate them; requested records require examination by personnel having the necessary competence to determine if they are exempt from disclosure or should be revealed only with appropriate redactions; records cannot be compiled with the public body within the time limits prescribed by paragraph (c) of this Section without unduly burdening or interfering with the operations of the public body; and/or There is a need for consultation, with another public body or among two or more components of the City having a substantial interest in the documentsas » Evanston Public Record Requests produced. January 27, 2021, 5:48pm by Alexandra Ruggie, Assistant City Attorney, Assistant City Attorney (Staff) Support Staff Added Staff only Sarah Jones (Police) Eduardo Gomez January 20, 2021, 10:08am (auto-assigned) Department Assignment Public Police January 20, 2021, 10:08am (auto-assigned) Request Visibility Staff Only Embargoed January 20, 2021, 10:08am (auto-assigned) Request Opened Public Request received via web January 20, 2021, 10:08am by Matt LambINCIDENT/INVESTIGATION REPORT meee Tawi GR RONDA Sam Ta TR = oar i | & Times —____|— Li Tea aT CURTIN TPA, [ins Ds SVENDSENC_ (DET. "164, 1442) | Sane | Conan rs cca a 7 Tad MENTO TeraiINCIDENT/INVESTIGATION REPORT | Si vast Type Mau Sens 1 col Di R AREUAG A, 11497) .d sar number sue. CURTIN #248 | Response address Response date an. oro Items ten [Bs Son Bods Wo Ce Reea ete Comemrraceire Te acorn at Ia Suman’ ON 1 002021 LOFFICER CURTIN 2238. RESPONDED 10 £08 3 PORT OF 5 BURGLARY TO VEHICLE. ON SCENE | MET WITH VICTIM REPORTER ELISABETH LINDSAY-RYAN, LINDSAY-RYAN STATED THAT SOMETIME BETWELN 1500 HOURS (1! 48 2021 AND 1488 HOURS 8-09 2027 UNKNOWN SUSPLCT ENTERED INTO HER HONDA ODYSSEY, RANSACKED IT. AND DEFACED A MERRY CHRISTMAS CARD BY ADDING THE PHRASE "YOU FAGGOT.” THEN LETT THE CARD UPRIGHT IN 1HE DASH TO BE SEEN. LINDSAY-RYAN STATED | THAT SHE WAS IN FACT GAY AND THAT SHE HAD BEEN THE VICTIM OF HATE CRIMES AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE | DISTRICT 68 SCHOOL BOARD. AT THF TIME OF THIS REPORT THERE WERE SU KNOWN MISSING ITEMS FROM. WITHIN THE CAR, EXTERIOR CAMERAS WERE VISIBLE ON THE HOUSE AT THE HONDS ODYSSEY WAS PARKED ALONG THE SOUIH SIDE OF THE SEREET DIRECTLY SCROSS FROM Tit CURISTMAS CARD WAS INVENTORIED AT THE EVANSTON POLICE STATION, NOTHING FURTHERUser: MRIVERS, Evanston Police Department EVIDENCE REPORT Evidence Method used - unlocked door Point of en Point 1¢ detail 1 Christmas card 1 zip lock: ba S digital phot sespons On 0111-2021 at as HOflicer Bur tw whicle, Upon my Tmt wih che vietim, Phzabeth Lin ately 1818 TSU0 hours om GE UX 2021, and LOSE hours on 0 09 202 written ou it and placed i upright on front 9 but od while it was park shat had ise that the been thrown, served a 018 Honda Odyssey (UL. Interior observed the interior of the velicle 10 be Scene Pro Tused a depar:ment issued Nikon D9 digital camera to place in the cemter console I collected a plastic ip lock bag that the victim stated was th in an attempt to develop fiction ridge detail wider on the foto ‘gray and black magnetic fingerpria from door. upper frame area side door. door handle were negative for prints ame area. All other Twas able to develop friction ridge detail on the driver's side deor upper EPD Exidence Oftice 1445 hours and 1700 hours Page 1is Officer Curtin obtained a C bureau. 1 collestod th fam sma card from the vehicle while dun vestigation and inventoried it sith fenprint poseder with negatsve results Lalso used ae tive results. The te Prope card from property and used black £ process on the card which olso vieled neg inventoried hack into evidence, Afier going to the Sem sessing the ve le and returning te the ET vittive, [used a cyanoacrylate fas ziplock hog which yielded positive results for friction ridge detail Both the ziplock bag und the print card were package inventory system (BEAST |, and plac ed with evidence tap i a secure locker an the property Sureou. Photos Phore ID Overall rear of vehile nner s side interior of thi of zip lock bay & Macro shot of print car vm top 2 driver's doo Gan Sprint Om Page 21202021 18 l 5 [Csr MRIVER Evanston Police Department Case Supplement - Case #: 21-000276 : Supplement EVIDENCE PORT - LP ANALYSIS Evxdence Semmary BEAST era 1022 - Envelope containing: [ latent lift card tron \ebicle dor th BEAST Item 02. Ervelope comtainmg Zip Lock plas bag 2Di Analysas Summary Op 1220 LET M savion. The purse by Dar, Sven nalysie vas to determine the suitability of all amprewtons peu Ireverved BEAST ser omparison process. Onl 2 casio) provess, The gualey and formation obser 1 suitable infirmation to conduct a comparison with snot daring the analysts [ reached the following conclusion: BEAST hem (12 - Envel und stom elie door fare processed wath Nlack and gray mn, Fingerprint pander containing 1 Tatens lis The impression on cbis ul cards NOP OF VALUE for « suit soon purposes anid NOT SFIS BEAST heer (n13 The ridge detait om thay plast & cotaining: Zop-1 och plasty hag processed wath eyanouerylane tating 1s NOT OF VALUE for comparison purposes and NOT AFIS suitable ET Photos « 21-0002" Folder 1~ Eso mages 1g NOT OF VALUE for comparison and NOT AFIS sustabie DSC_0009 - The impression in this imag age is NOT OF VALUE for comparison ang NOT AFIS sustable, DSC_ 0009 = The smpression in this i redence lockup tape and returned itn I resealed the envelopes with blue evi| User: MRIVERY th frnthorance of this an 1. Deteenve Ss parked her ve » Lindssy-Ryar leo dhe SS. 2021. at apy ely 188 Dhours. Lindsay-Ryan slated J ad she ha pon returning ts bige Vehicle om a 9.2021. at approximately i485 hours, she found that her setcle had sunkavon subject 1 Ry ated she had cred things of value ia the vehicle but nv rafaay-Ry slated th ransickes flere was defaoed by oritiny "You E mbes: . the dash Sas uisentoned inte e Evidence Lecnician Omliver Burgers supplement Twas advised by Evidence Tevkictan Otcer Burgers that tio prints were resin ered ‘roa Iwas ads soperts Officer Susan Morgan whe res iewed the ton prints nd net sible tor comparison or to be entered ints were not sti soparisn of 10 ne labs T advised ber that this This case can be closed. NEA.