Message from the City Clerk's FOIA mailbox, October 5, 2026, 8:15 am: police records requests go to the Police Records Center, whose staff were copied; "no further action is required"
40de6f42e2d900fc… | NP-2026-10-04-B | 2026-10-05 | 1 | none (message text as received, rendered to PDF; the City's signature block, logos and our quoted request are left out; our note at the top) |
Message from the Police Department's Police Clerk, October 9, 2026, 2:52 pm, on the exports request, with the memo attached: "Please see attached memo."
58f754301dc3951d… | NP-2026-10-04-B | 2026-10-09 | 1 | the Police Clerk's name and direct phone left out; the earlier messages quoted below the signature described in brackets; message text as received, rendered to PDF; our note at the top; document properties cleared |
Memo from the Records Specialist of the City of Novi Police & Fire Department, dated October 9, 2026, sent by email at 2:52 pm on the exports request's thread: "Your FOIA request has been approved per the Michigan Freedom of Information Act. Although, 10-day extension will be required for this request."; no date named
653c259effc34a8b… | NP-2026-10-04-B | 2026-10-09 | 1 | the Records Specialist's typed name in the signature block and her office line (the City's Police Department page does not list it) blacked out; the title "Records Specialist", the Department's address, fax, mailbox and website lines, and the City's officials in the letterhead margin kept; the memo carries the requester's name only, retained; the page is a new image of the City's scan; document properties cleared |
Email from the Police Department's Police Clerk on the documents request, October 15, 2026, 8:27 am, answering our status message of October 14: "The extension is for this email thread. The ten-day extension could take longer but I am not required to send another extension. I do not have a request for the 5th." It asks that requests be submitted through the City's online records request page.
04613dd20dd29b6e… | NP-2026-10-04-A | 2026-10-15 | 1 | the signer's name, her direct line and the signature's social links left out; message text as received, rendered to PDF; our note at the top; document properties cleared |
Email from the Police Department's Police Clerk on the documents thread, October 21, 2026, 10:35 am: "I’m only seeing one from 10-4-26."; asks that the request be sent again directly to her address, with a City FOIA form attached
1a1c271ad4a211cd… | NP-2026-10-20-A | 2026-10-21 | 1 | the signer's name, the signature's address, phone, logo and links, the attached form and the quoted thread left out; message text as received (as quoted in our reply), rendered to PDF; our note at the top; document properties cleared |
Share notice from the Police Clerk, October 21, 2026, 2:08 pm, on the exports request: a OneDrive folder named Flock-1 shared with us, with the message "Pleases see attached."
98ae71f4474d8646… | NP-2026-10-04-B | 2026-10-21 | 1 | the sender's name (by role), the folder's link (it carries an access token) and the notice's images left out; notice text as received, rendered to PDF; our note at the top; document properties cleared |
Email from the Police Clerk, October 21, 2026, 2:31 pm, on the exports request: "Please see the above attached memo." and a request to confirm that the email was delivered
2b42187ca4d4a8e7… | NP-2026-10-04-B | 2026-10-21 | 1 | the sender's name (by role), her phone line, the logos and the quoted thread left out; message text as received, rendered to PDF; our note at the top; document properties cleared |
Memo signed as Records Specialist of the City of Novi Police & Fire Department, dated October 21, 2026, headed "FOIA: Flock requests", sent by email at 2:31 pm on the exports request's thread: "Your FOIA request has been approved per the Michigan Freedom of Information Act."; the records were sent by a OneDrive email; MCL 15.243 cited for interference with law enforcement proceedings and for information of a personal nature; a certificate that the records do not exist "for numerals 4 &5"; personal information about other individuals redacted
bbd08168b08c330b… | NP-2026-10-04-B | 2026-10-21 | 1 | the signer's typed name in the signature block and her office line (the City's Police Department page does not list it) blacked out; the title "Records Specialist", the Department's address, fax, mailbox and website lines, and the City's officials in the letterhead margin kept; the memo carries the requester's name only, retained; the page is a new image of the City's page; document properties cleared |
Email from the Police Clerk, October 22, 2026, 2:43 pm, on the documents request: "Please see the above attached memo." and a request to confirm that the email was delivered; with the memo, the Department's Flock directive and two CSV exports attached
b8efd6b1cb460f77… | NP-2026-10-20-A | 2026-10-22 | 1 | the sender's name (by role), her phone line and the quoted thread left out; message text as received (as quoted in our reply), rendered to PDF; our note at the top; document properties cleared |
Memo signed as Records Specialist of the City of Novi Police & Fire Department, dated October 22, 2026, headed "FOIA: FLOCK information, policy", sent by email at 2:43 pm on the documents request's thread: on "MCL 11.074 Retention period", under the "Michigan Government Records Schedule (GS11)" MCL 11.074 "is not explicitly listed in the provided excerpt, but the schedule covers a range of law enforcement and records division items" with defined retention periods; then the City's Procedures and Guidelines address and the fee-appeal paragraph; it names no determination and no fee
afc6c4e47f52e21b… | NP-2026-10-20-A | 2026-10-22 | 1 | none (the memo is signed with the title "Records Specialist" alone; the Department's address, phone, fax, mailbox and website lines and the City's officials in the letterhead margin kept; it carries the requester's name only, retained; the page is a new image of the City's page) |
Email from the Police Clerk, October 23, 2026, 8:07 am, resending the Department's memo of October 22 and the three records sent with it
87d89609cea18bdf… | NP-2026-10-20-A | 2026-10-23 | 1 | the Police Clerk's name and signature and the quoted thread left out (staff by role); message text as received, rendered to PDF; our note at the top; document properties cleared |