re: 9/6/2020 sent 9/30/2020 12/21/2020: declined, deemed a question, but some property hints given. "On 9/6 a protest marched through North Portland. A section of the PPB news release states """"Two arrestees had ballistic vests, including one, marked with the word ""press,"" with rifle plates (photos)."" https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=261173 Please share the property records on these items. In other words, are they still in possession, were they returned to arrestees, are they connected to an active investigation, and so forth. This should be a trivial search in PPB's property management system. There is an immense public interest in police accountability, crowd control, and use of force, this request is extremely urgent. Please expedite it in every way possible. Given the public interest and civilian oversight currently under way on this, I expect a waiver to be granted. Please do not ask me to fill out a waiver request. Please let me know immediately if my request is denied so I can appeal. Please do not delay my request pending a deposit. If there is an estimated fee please let me know immediately as well. " --- "Your request is not a request for a City public record but instead asks a question you would like the City to answer. The Oregon Public Records Law requires the City to provide a “specific document requested by a person.” Petition of Merrick, MCDA PRO 16-05 p. 1-2 (April 15, 2016). “[T]he Public Records Law ""does not require public bodies to explain or to answer questions about their records, analyze their records, or perform legal research or opinions.""’ Id. citing Attorney General's Public Records Manual, p.7 (2014). A requester cannot reframe a question as a public records request to avoid this result: “A person does not alter the essential nature of a question by framing it in terms of public records.” Petition of Merrick, MCDA PRO 16-05 p. 2 (April 15, 2016). The Multnomah District Attorney explained the difference between asking a question framed as a record request and asking for specific records. As that opinion explained “The practical distinction between these two formulations is who must analyze the question being asked and determine what categories or types of documents might be responsive to the. question. Under the public records law that responsibility lies with the requestor. “ Id. Your request does not ask the City for specific records but instead ask a questions and seek to have the City identify records responsive to the questions. The City is not required by the Oregon Public Records Law. However, research was completed and determined that the property was returned to the owners on the 2 located cases: 20-681654 has bulletproof armor on PER A173929 (closed in DA crimes) 20-681656 has bulletproof armor on PER A173932 (closed in DA crimes) If you would like to make a request for City records, please log in to the Portland Public Records Center and submit a new request. "