Hi Aaron,

Per our Legal Division -

In response to your request for “all email communications between the St. Louis Metro Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation from August 9, 2014, to October 19, 2014” our Information Technology (“IT”) Division has performed a search for these records which has taken three (3) hours of time at a cost of $34.00 per hour ($102.00). In addition, Legal Division staff has preliminarily reviewed the material for three (3) hours at a cost of $15.00 per hour ($45.00).

To continue the review of these documents, this will require the Legal Division to go through each employee’s emails that fall within the search parameters to review them. The review process will entail a determination as to whether the records are responsive to the request and then whether they are open or closed under the Missouri Sunshine Law. Please note that the Legal Division's review of these emails (at the rate of $44.00 per hour for an attorney to conduct this review) will be assessed in addition to the costs for the IT Department's email search the Legal Division’s initial review of the material.

We estimate that it may take approximately 80 hours for the Legal Division to review these records, but it could exceed that amount of time and you would be responsible for additional costs for extra review time. Please note that we in the Legal Division have no way of knowing the number of emails, as well as their respective content, that may be reviewed, and/or ultimately produced, until we actually undertake the review process. In addition to the review time, the emails will cost .10 per page.

If you wish to proceed with your request, please provide prepayment in the amount of $3,667.00 by check or money order (payable to the "City of St. Louis"). Additional costs will be assessed based on the above processes and any responsive and open records will be provided to you upon payment of the balance in full.

If we do not receive payment or otherwise hear from you within 30 days from today’s date, we will consider the matter closed.

Thanks,

Schron

Schron Y. Jackson

Public Information Division

Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis

1915 Olive, Room 728

St. Louis, Missouri 63103

(314) 444-5604

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