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Southfield PD
Fee appeal The agency answered on Sep 10, 2026 with a fee; our first appeal of the fee, sent Sep 12, 2026, was answered Sep 29, 2026 (fee reduced); our second appeal of the fee, sent Sep 30, 2026, awaits the agency's answer.
Our public-records requests to the Southfield Police Department about license plate readers, and the responses, as they happen.
The terms in the tables below are defined in the request log and in the codebook. The records an agency produces, and our findings from them, are added after the agency has had seven days to review a draft. See Methods.
Requests and responses
| Request | 26-838 · text as sent |
|---|---|
| Sent | 2026-08-19; counted as received 2026-08-20 |
| Response due | 2026-08-27; the agency gave notice of an extension |
| Answered | 2026-09-10, 14 business days after receipt |
| Agency's determination | Granted in part, denied in part |
| Fee | $1,427.85 first stated, with a $713.93 deposit |
| Fee waiver | Requested; no decision |
| Paid | Not yet settled |
| Where it stands | Fee or deposit unresolved. Our file is open (fee_pending in the codebook) |
| Request | 26-1080 · text as sent |
|---|---|
| Sent | 2026-09-29; counted as received 2026-09-30 |
| Response due | 2026-10-07 |
| Answered | Not yet |
| Where it stands | Awaiting response. Our file is open (pending in the codebook) |
Appeals
| Appeal | Request | Sent | Outcome | Outcome date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fee appeal | 26-838 | 2026-09-12 | Fee reduced (determination) | 2026-09-29 |
| Fee appeal | 26-838 | 2026-09-30 | Pending |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Extension notice on request 26-838, sent as a portal message August 27, 2026: time to respond extended to September 10, 2026b3c32cf946447390… | 26-838 | 2026-08-27 | 1 | none (portal message text as received, rendered to PDF; our note at the top) |
Response letter dated August 28, 2026: granted in part and denied in part, $1,427.85 estimate, $713.93 depositb6d52cf5ebbf0fdb… | 26-838 | 2026-09-10 | 3 | requester's personal email address removed; document properties cleared |
FOIA fee itemization form (1,800 minutes duplication labor)ecdc30c1a2a4ce56… | 26-838 | 2026-09-10 | document properties cleared | |
Invoice notice on request 26-838, sent as a portal message and by email September 10, 2026: estimate "approximately [$1,427.85]", deposit "[$713.92]"bede0b634676edd2… | 26-838 | 2026-09-10 | 1 | customer ID on the pay-online line removed and marked; otherwise the message text as received, rendered to PDF; our note at the top; document properties cleared |
City Administrator's determination on the fee appeal, dated September 28, 2026 (fee stated as $889.03, deposit $419.00)f391962708d45498… | 26-838 | 2026-09-29 | 2 | requester's address and email address removed; the pages are new images of the City's scan; document properties cleared |
Amended fee itemization: 900 minutes search/examination and 450 minutes redaction at $24.86 x 1.5; subtotal $839.03; $20.00 reduction; "$409.88 deposit due"23a0456a0f7af634… | 26-838 | 2026-09-29 | 2 | file path in the page footer removed (it holds a staff login name); the page number printed on top of the path is under the same bar; document properties cleared |
Request for Fee Discount/Waiver form, sent blank with the determinationbb689a1927e21565… | 26-838 | 2026-09-29 | 2 | document properties cleared |