(July 2022) Multi-part request for Lee County, NC Sheriff’s Office: Employee emails and messages 01/01/22 – 06/27/22

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• August 25, 2022 12:34 pm

  1 year ago

  from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
  to: Whitney Parrish <[email protected]>
  cc: Hailey Hall <[email protected]>,
  John Crumpton <[email protected]>,
  Brian Estes <[email protected]>,
  Jennifer Gamble <[email protected]>
  date: Aug 25, 2022, 12:34 PM
  subject: Re: Records Request: (July 2022) Multi-part request for Lee County, NC Sheriff’s Office: Employee emails and messages 01/01/22 – 06/27/22

   

  Hi Whitney,

   

  Thank you for clarifying.

   

  I will add this info to our site, and will mark the request as “Completed”.

   

  Thank you for your help!

   

  ~ The Sunshine Request Team

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  Status: Completed
• August 25, 2022 11:57 am

  1 year ago

  from: Whitney Parrish <[email protected]>
  to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>,
  Hailey Hall <[email protected]>
  cc: John Crumpton <[email protected]>,
  Brian Estes <[email protected]>,
  Jennifer Gamble <[email protected]>
  date: Aug 25, 2022, 11:57 AM
  subject: RE: Records Request: (July 2022) Multi-part request for Lee County, NC Sheriff’s Office: Employee emails and messages 01/01/22 – 06/27/22

   

  We can confirm that we conducted a review of our records and determined the records that were released were public records responsive to your request. Since public record requests are evaluated based on content, not sources, in this case, the content concerned an employee participating in an organization in his personal capacity. Unless the employee was directed to participate on behalf of Lee County Government or the Sheriff’s Office, there is not a direct link between the correspondence and the transaction of county business. Thank you.

   

  Sincerely,
  Whitney Parrish
  Lee County Attorney
  Lee County Government |408 Summit Drive | Sanford, NC 27330
  919-718-4610 |[email protected] | www.leecountync.gov

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  Status: Clarification Provided
• August 24, 2022 1:28 pm

  1 year ago

  from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
  to: Hailey Hall <[email protected]>
  cc: John Crumpton <[email protected]>,
  Brian Estes <[email protected]>,
  Jennifer Gamble <[email protected]>,
  Whitney Parrish <[email protected]>
  date: Aug 24, 2022, 1:28 PM
  subject: Re: Records Request: (July 2022) Multi-part request for Lee County, NC Sheriff’s Office: Employee emails and messages 01/01/22 – 06/27/22

   

  Good Afternoon Hailey,

   

  Thank you for your reply.

   

  Can you please confirm that you checked for all responsive records to the request related to public business specifically? I understand that some types of personal emails are not necessarily always a matter of public record… but they are not being requested in this case. Can you please further clarify the following:

   

  “… Any records between Officer Spivey and Officer Whitaker and any of the other listed individuals are not public records and instead are personal records of the individuals involvement with the nonprofit North Carolina School Resource Officer Association.”

   

  I am not aware of any statue that says emails exchanged between Government entities and non-profit organizations are exempt from public records law. Any communications sent to or from the Lee County, NC Sheriff’s Office and its employees on government email accounts, devices, etc., emails to and from Kevin Spivey ([email protected]), or Lee Whitaker ([email protected]), should be a matter of public record under the law.

   

  If you are unable to fulfill any / all portions of the original request, please specifically cite where a reason for the denial is justified under NC Public Records Law.

   

  Thank you for your help!

   

  ~ The Sunshine Request Team

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  Status: Clarification Requested
• August 24, 2022 12:57 pm

  1 year ago

  from: Hailey Hall <[email protected]>
  to: John Crumpton <[email protected]>,
  Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
  cc: Brian Estes <[email protected]>,
  Jennifer Gamble <[email protected]>,
  Whitney Parrish <[email protected]>
  date: Aug 24, 2022, 12:57 PM
  subject: RE: Records Request: (July 2022) Multi-part request for Lee County, NC Sheriff’s Office: Employee emails and messages 01/01/22 – 06/27/22

   

  Good afternoon,

   

  We have reviewed your public records request and are attaching public records that are responsive to your request. Any records between Officer Spivey and Officer Whitaker and any of the other listed individuals are not public records and instead are personal records of the individuals involvement with the nonprofit North Carolina School Resource Officer Association.

   

  Thank you,

  Hailey Hall

  Clerk to the Board of Commissioners/Communications Specialist

  Lee County Government | 408 Summit Drive | Sanford, NC 27330

  919-718-4605 – Ext. 5521 | [email protected] | www.leecountync.gov

   

  **Editor’s Note: Please see referenced file “rerecordsrequestjuly2022multipartrequestforlee.zip” at top left in documents

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  Status: Government Processing Request
• August 10, 2022 5:54 am

  1 year ago

  from: John Crumpton <[email protected]>
  to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
  cc: Brian Estes <[email protected]>,
  Jennifer Gamble <[email protected]>,
  Hailey Hall <[email protected]>
  date: Aug 10, 2022, 5:54 AM
  subject: RE: Records Request: (July 2022) Multi-part request for Lee County, NC Sheriff’s Office: Employee emails and messages 01/01/22 – 06/27/22

   

  I know the response is in process. I will copy her on this response so that they know you have followed up.

   

  Thank you.

   

  Dr. John A. Crumpton

  Lee County Manager

  Lee County Government | 408 Summit Drive | Sanford, NC 27330

  919-718-4605 | [email protected]

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  Status: Government Processing Request
• August 10, 2022 5:08 am

  1 year ago

  from: Jennifer Gamble <[email protected]>
  to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>,
  John Crumpton <[email protected]>
  cc: Brian Estes <[email protected]>,
  Whitney Parrish <[email protected]>
  date: Aug 10, 2022, 5:08 AM
  subject: RE: Records Request: (July 2022) Multi-part request for Lee County, NC Sheriff’s Office: Employee emails and messages 01/01/22 – 06/27/22

   

  Following your request we submitted an IT workorder to pull correspondence based on the names identified, however each correspondence will need to be evaluated for relevance based on content. Due to the number of correspondence pulled from the general inquiry, it will take us time to go through each correspondence. Once they have been reviewed and, we will supply any relevant records. Thank you for your patience. Please let us know if you have any questions.

   

  Sincerely,

   

  Jennifer Gamble, NCCCC

  Deputy County Attorney/Clerk to the Board of Commissioners

  Lee County Government |408 Summit Drive | Sanford, NC 27330

  919-718-4605 – Ext. 5507 |[email protected] | www.leecountync.gov

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  Status: Government Processing Request
• August 9, 2022 3:41 pm

  1 year ago

  from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
  to: John Crumpton <[email protected]>
  cc: Brian Estes <[email protected]>,
  Jennifer Gamble <[email protected]>
  date: Aug 9, 2022, 3:41 PM
  subject: Re: Records Request: (July 2022) Multi-part request for Lee County, NC Sheriff’s Office: Employee emails and messages 01/01/22 – 06/27/22

   

  Good afternoon John,

   

  Thank you for your reply back on July 18th, and for forwarding this request to Jennifer Gamble.

   

  I wanted to check in to see if there was any update to report? I will plan on following up again at the end of the month if I don’t hear back before then.

   

  Appreciate your help.

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  Status: Follow up
• July 18, 2022 6:20 am

  1 year ago

  from: John Crumpton <[email protected]>
  to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
  cc: Brian Estes <[email protected]>,
  Jennifer Gamble <[email protected]>
  date: Jul 18, 2022, 6:20 AM
  subject: RE: Records Request: (July 2022) Multi-part request for Lee County, NC Sheriff’s Office: Employee emails and messages 01/01/22 – 06/27/22

   

  The proper person to contact for Public Requests is Jennifer Gamble, Deputy County Attorney and Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners. I have forwarded your request to her for review.

   

  Thank you.

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  Status: Government Processing Request
• July 14, 2022 3:32 pm

  1 year ago

  from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
  to: [email protected]
  cc: [email protected]
  date: Jul 14, 2022, 3:32 PM
  subject: Records Request: (July 2022) Multi-part request for Lee County, NC Sheriff’s Office: Employee emails and messages 01/01/22 – 06/27/22

   

  Good afternoon Lee County, NC Sheriff’s Office (Records Officer),

   

  I’d like to make a public records request for information that may be available in your office.

   

  If you’re not the appropriate party to contact about the request, please provide the correct name and email address of whom I should send it to.

   

  Please confirm receipt to let me know the request will begin processing, and if possible, please provide a rough estimate of when the request may be completed. I will plan on following up again around the end of the month if I have not heard back before then.

   

  Here are the details of the request:

   

  Subject: (July 2022) Multi-part request for Lee County, NC Sheriff’s Office: Employee emails and messages 01/01/22 – 06/27/22

   

  Message: “Good afternoon Lee County, NC Government and Sheriff’s Office (Records Officer),

   

  I’d like to make a multi-part public records request for the following information under NC Public Records Law.
  Ref: https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html

   

  A. Please provide ALL emails from Lee County Sheriff’s Office employees Kevin Spivey ([email protected]) and Lee Whitaker ([email protected]) sent to or received from any and all of the following email addresses:

   

  [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

   

  During the specific time period of January 01, 2022 to June 27, 2022.

   

  This request is not subject specific.

   

  B. Please provide any and ALL messages of any kind from any department issued devices assigned to Kevin Spivey and Lee Whitaker, sent or received from any contacts that include any portion of the following names:

   

  Scott Drew, Leon Nelson, Kevin Spivey, Charles “CJ” Jones, Leon Godlock, Marcus Miller, Brian Heintz, Herbie Stubbs, Larry Whitaker, Nicki Artis, Harold Bright, Lindsay Welch, Michelle Archer, Todd O’Neal, Pete Locklear, Scott Grantham, Dallas Hicks

   

  During the specific time period of January 01, 2022 to June 27, 2022.

   

  This request is not subject specific.
  ——————

   

  I am not required to provide a name or address to associate with a public records request, but in order to move things along I’d like to clarify that this request is being made by:

   

  Sunshine Request
  PO Box 17391
  Asheville, NC 28816

   

  The request has been sent solely from the email address [email protected] . If anyone other than that email address contacts you to pursue a similar request, it did not come from me. Please do not commingle or treat that as an alteration or cancellation of my request – I intend to continue to pursue my request.

   

  Please note that I cannot commit to sign any forms or pay any potential fees / associated costs related to any request. If it is not possible to process the request without incurring fees, then please let me know the itemized potential cost.

   

  ** If you are unable to fulfill any or all parts of this request, please specifically cite where a reason for denial is justified under NC Public Records Law. **

   

  Thank you for your assistance!”

   

  Thank you!

   

  ** Sunshine Request (www.sunshinerequest.com) makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.

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  Status: Sent to Government
• July 6, 2022 4:07 pm

  1 year ago

  Submitted to Sunshine Request

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  Status: Pending