Thank you for your public service.

Respectfully,
*Robert Samuel White*
rswfire.com
openrecordsoregon.org
autonomyrealms.com\

On 10/29/26 10:57, ODE Public Records Request wrote:
> Hello,
>

> In accordance with ORS 192.329(2), this is to complete our response to > your public records request for the following records:
>
> "To the Public Records Officer, Department of Education:

> Under ORS 192.314, I request the following public records of the > Department of Education. This request excludes any record concerning > me. It concerns only how the Department of Education communicates with > the Oregon State Police about other members of the public. Records > requested. All emails, including attachments and replies, sent to or > received from either of these Oregon State Police addresses:
> Captain Kyle Kennedy, Government and Media Relations > ([email])
> OSP Public Information Officer ([email])
> that contain any of these terms:
> “threat assessment”
> “situational awareness”
> “welfare check”
> “knock and talk”
> “grievance”
> Date range: January 1, 2023, to the date of search.

> Custody. Records sent from or received by Department of Education > accounts are records of the Department of Education, wherever they are > stored, including systems maintained by DAS Enterprise Information > Services. If you believe another public body is the custodian of any > responsive record, please identify that custodian and the basis for > the determination in writing, rather than closing the request (ORS > 192.311).

> The search. Please state in writing: the accounts, systems, and > archives searched; the exact terms and date range used; the date of > the search and the title of the person who conducted it; the number of > responsive records found. The statute does not require it, but > courtesy does. If there are no responsive records, please say so in > writing, with the search described above.

> Format and correspondence. Under ORS 192.324(3), please provide > records in the form requested: native electronic format with metadata, > headers, and attachments intact (.eml or .msg), by email or secure > link. Please conduct all correspondence about this request by email, > including acknowledgments, estimates, waiver decisions, and payment > instructions. Under ORS 192.324(1), this letter is a complete written > request, and it includes a complete fee

> waiver request. It does not need to be resubmitted on a form.
> Redaction. Please redact the names, home addresses, personal phone > numbers, and personal email addresses of private individuals. No other > redaction is requested for privacy. In any fee estimate, please list > redaction time separately from search and production time, with the > hours and the hourly rate of the employee performing it. Under ORS > 192.324(4)(b), a fee may not include attorney time spent determining > the application of the public records law.

> Exemptions. For any record or portion withheld, please identify the > record (date, sender, recipients, and general subject), the specific > exemption claimed, and how it applies to that record (ORS 192.329, > 192.338). Please segregate

> and release nonexempt portions. A fee estimate is not an exemption > assertion.

>
>  *
>     Criminal investigatory information (ORS 192.345(3)): This
>     exemption is conditional, applies only to information compiled for

>     criminal law purposes, and yields where the public interest
>     requires disclosure. A state agency’s correspondence with OSP
>     about a member of the public is not, in that agency’s hands,
>     information compiled for criminal law purposes. If you claim it,

>     please state which criminal investigation each record was compiled

>     for, and why the public interest does not require disclosure.
>  *
>     Attorney-client privilege: A communication between the Department

>     of Education and OSP is not privileged because a DOJ attorney is

>     copied. If you claim privilege, please identify the attorney and

>     the legal advice sought for each record.
>
> [More information for this request in attachment]"
>
> We ran a search and have determined that we do not possess the > requested records.

>
> This request is now closed.
>
> Thank you,
>
> ODE Public Records Team
>
> Office of the Director
>
> 255 Capitol Street NE
>
> Salem, OR 97310
>
> www.oregon.gov/ode
>
>
>