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Eastpointe PD
Appeal The agency answered EP-2026-10-04-B on Oct 6, 2026 (business day 1, no extension): denied; our appeal, sent Oct 6, 2026, awaits the agency's answer. The agency's notice of Oct 20, 2026 extended its time on EP-2026-10-04-A to Nov 3, 2026.
The terms in the tables below are defined on the Requests page and in the codebook. The records an agency produces, and our analysis of them, are added after the agency has had seven days to review a draft. See Methods.
Requests and responses
| Request | EP-2026-10-04-A · text as sent |
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| Sent | 2026-10-04; counted as received 2026-10-14 (the Police Department wrote on October 14, 2026 that the email of October 4 had not reached it and that it would treat the request, as quoted under our message of that day, as received October 14; we agreed the same day) |
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| Response due | 2026-10-21; the agency's notice of 2026-10-20 extended it to 2026-11-03 |
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| Answered | Not yet |
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| Where it stands | Awaiting response. Our file is open (pending in the codebook) |
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| Request | EP-2026-10-04-B · text as sent |
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| Sent | 2026-10-04; counted as received 2026-10-05 |
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| Response due | 2026-10-12 |
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| Answered | 2026-10-06, 1 business day after receipt |
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| Agency's determination | Denied |
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| Fee | None charged |
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| Fee waiver | No fee charged |
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| Paid | $0.00 |
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| Where it stands | Denied. Our file is open (denied in the codebook) |
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Appeals
What we sent
Our requests and appeals, as filed, with contact details omitted. Where a request was filed through a NextRequest portal, its number links to its page there. Some portals show that page only to the requester and the agency.
| Document | Request | Sent | Pages |
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| Our request EP-2026-10-04-A, Part A (documents), as filed | EP-2026-10-04-A | 2026-10-04 | 3 |
| Our request EP-2026-10-04-B, Part B (system exports), as filed | EP-2026-10-04-B | 2026-10-04 | 2 |
| Our appeal of the denial of October 6, 2026, to the Mayor as head of the public body, filed with the City Clerk, with a copy to the City Manager's Office, as sent | EP-2026-10-04-B | 2026-10-06 | 3 |
| Our message on the documents request, October 14, 2026, 10:15 am: the five-business-day period ended October 12 with no response or extension notice; asks the status and offers to resend; the request, the response and the correspondence will be published with personal contact details omitted | EP-2026-10-04-A | 2026-10-14 | 1 |
| Our reply on the documents request, October 14, 2026, 12:59 pm, to the Records Bureau's message of 12:14 pm: thanks for the quick reply; treating the quoted request as received that day is fine with us | EP-2026-10-04-A | 2026-10-14 | 1 |
| Our status inquiry on the appeal of the exports denial, October 22, 2026, 9:13 am, to the Mayor: no determination or extension notice received; asks whether one has been issued and, if not, when to expect it | EP-2026-10-04-B | 2026-10-22 | 1 |
| Our second status inquiry on the appeal of the exports denial, October 27, 2026, 12:04 pm, to the Mayor: states our count of the ten business days for a determination and asks whether one has been issued and, if not, when to expect it | EP-2026-10-04-B | 2026-10-27 | 1 |
What the agency sent
The agency's letters, notices and forms on these requests that we have saved. Each file lists the request it belongs to, the date received, and the first 16 characters of its SHA-256 hash; the full hash is on the Documents page.
| Document | Request | Received | Pages | Redaction |
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Message from the Police Department's Records Bureau on the exports request, October 6, 2026, 10:32 am: "Please see attached the correspondence to your FOIA request."
8778f13495148d3c… | EP-2026-10-04-B | 2026-10-06 | 1 | the signer's name left out; message text as received, rendered to PDF; the signature block's email, phone and fax lines and our quoted request are left out; our note at the top; document properties cleared |
Letter from the Records Bureau, dated October 6, 2026, denying the exports request: "At this time your request is denied. We are not the keeper of the requested records. That information is generated in a database directly with FLOCK Safety."; cites MCL 15.233(4) and (5); names the City Manager's Office for an appeal (3 pages)
a2f51e9ee6054d34… | EP-2026-10-04-B | 2026-10-06 | 3 | the requester's street address, city line and telephone number blacked out; his name retained; the Records Specialist's typed name and her phone and fax lines blacked out, her title and the Bureau line kept, as in the Bureau's emails; the pages are new images of the Department's scan; document properties cleared |
Email from the Police Department's Records Bureau on the documents request, October 14, 2026, 12:14 pm, answering our status message of that morning: the Department received one request by email on October 5 and answered it, found no other after checking its spam folders, and will review the request quoted under our message as received October 14 and respond within the required time.
ca6dcbff9645198f… | EP-2026-10-04-A | 2026-10-14 | 1 | the signer's name and the signature's email, phone and fax lines left out, the signer's title kept; the quoted thread left out; message text as received, rendered to PDF; our note at the top; document properties cleared |
Extension notice by email from the Eastpointe Police Department Records Bureau on the documents request, October 20, 2026, 3:58 pm: the request received October 14, 2026; "we are extending the time to respond to your request by ten (10) business days, as permitted under MCL 15.235, section 5 (2)(d)."; "a written notice is issued to you on or before November 3, 2026"
d1d9823a1aaf81c9… | EP-2026-10-04-A | 2026-10-20 | 1 | the signer's name left out (the Records and Property Room Supervisor, by role); the signature block's contact lines and the quoted thread left out; message text as received, rendered to PDF; our note at the top; document properties cleared |
Email from the City of Eastpointe FOIA Coordinator, City Manager's Office, October 20, 2026, 4:44 pm, copied to the Police Department Records Bureau: "Please see the attached response to your FOIA request." (the City's letter is published separately)
ba5d995dfb9cc654… | EP-2026-10-04-A | 2026-10-20 | 1 | the signer's name left out (the City's FOIA Coordinator, by role); message text as received, rendered to PDF; our note at the top; document properties cleared |
Letter from the City of Eastpointe FOIA Coordinator on the documents request, dated and received October 20, 2026 (page 1 of the City's response): "FOIA Request Granted in Part"; contracts and pricing "Included in Council agenda packet here" (a link to the City's documents site), procurement and approval and the notice of termination "Attached"; "Your request for policies and standard operating procedures has been denied. Law enforcement operational instructions and manuals are exempt per MCL 15.243(1)(s)(v) and (vi)."; "The remaining portions of your request will be handled by the Police Department, who will be providing a separate response."
3c88818c92b978a5… | EP-2026-10-04-A | 2026-10-20 | 1 | the requester's street, town and email lines blacked out and the email link removed; his name retained; the FOIA Coordinator's typed name and signature image blacked out (by role), with the closing the image overlaps, the title kept; the link to the City's documents site removed (its address carries a query string; the word stays); page 1 of the City's PDF; document properties cleared |
Email from Mayor Michael Klinefelt, October 27, 2026, 12:06 pm, on the appeal thread, replying to our status inquiry of October 22: "I will send an update by this evening."
62ef00e3a33db5e2… | EP-2026-10-04-B | 2026-10-27 | 1 | the phone app's footer and the quoted thread left out; message text as received, rendered to PDF; our note at the top; document properties cleared |