EXACTLY-QUOTED ENTIRE TEXT OF THE PORTION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN LAW DEPARTMENT's REPLY MESSAGE TO ME TODAY THAT REFERRED DIRECTLY TO THEIR EXPECTED DEADLINE FOR PROVIDING ME WITH A FULL WRITTEN RESPONSE TO MY NOVEMBER 13, 2019-DATED OPEN RECORDS REQUEST:
"Your Public Information Request Reference # X004530-111319 is still being processed. The City of Austin will make the effort to ensure information you have requested is made available in a timely manner. We anticipate completing your request on or before December 18, 2019."
"Your Public Information Request Reference # X004530-111319 is still being processed.
"The City of Austin will make the effort to ensure information you have requested is made available in a timely manner. We anticipate completing your request on or before December 18, 2019.
"Thank you for contacting the City of Austin.
"PIR Team
"City of Austin—Law Department
"(512) 974-2268"
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From: Austin Public Records Center
To: mcmillanj@att.net
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2019, 09:12:46 AM CST
Subject: [Austin Public Records Center] :: X004530-111319
Re: Public Information Request of November 13, 2019, Reference # X004530-111319
Dear John McMillan,
The City of Austin received a Public Information request from you on November 13, 2019, to request copies of records pertaining to the following:
“City Government of Austin,
City of Austin Public Information Office,
301 West 2nd Street,
Austin, TX 78701
Office phone: (512) 974-2220
FAX: 512-974-2405
November 13, 2019
This is a Texas Open Records request in which I seek to obtain from you a copy of any and all e-mail communications or any other written communications that at any time in calendar year 2019 were authored or generated or received or sent or mailed or forwarded or FAXed by any staff member or official of the Office of Police Oversight (OPO) of the City of Austin, and that, in each such case, specifically referred in any manner either to myself, John Kevin McMillan of Austin, or to OPO Complaint Number 2019-1056.
I myself wrote and submitted the above-cited OPO complaint on September 25, 2019, at the official OPO website.
This public-information request was prompted in part in part by the factual information that no OPO staff member employed as a "Complaint Specialist" has ever actually interviewed me or spoken with me on the telephone at any time.
I have called the Office of Police Oversight on several occasions in recent weeks, and I have been repeatedly informed on the phone that either a complaint specialist or a cited supervisory staff member in that office will call me back and speak with me. However, I have not yet received any such reply phone call or reply phone message from an actual complaint specialist or an actual supervisor for the OPO.
So far, I have not been granted any phone conversation or in-person meeting with any supervisor or any complaint specialist in that new government office for the City Government of Austin.
I did leave one voice mail message at 2:36 p.m. November 5, 2019, for Ms. Mia Demers, a cited female work supervisor for OPO, upon referral at that time from a female program specialist who had herself politely
answered the telephone for OPO at 2:25 p.m. November 5. That female program specialist stated to me that her own first name is "Mallory", but that she was not willing to state her own last name, Mallory said.
The most recent written reply I have received so far from the Office of Police Monitor was the following e-mail to me:
"OPO Police Oversight
"To:John McMillan
"Oct 9 at 9:56 AM
"Hello,
"Your complaint # is 2019-1056.
"Our office has no legal authority.
"Regards,
"Office of Police Oversight"
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The civilly-worded legal complaint to OPO from myself that I submitted online on September 25, 2019, was focused on Sergeant Sandra Benningfield of the Austin Police Department Sex Crimes Unit.
answered the telephone for OPO at 2:25 p.m. November 5. That female program specialist stated to me that her own first name is "Mallory", but that she was not willing to state her own last name, Mallory said.
The most recent written reply I have received so far from the Office of Police Monitor was the following e-mail to me:
"OPO Police Oversight
"To:John McMillan
"Oct 9 at 9:56 AM
"Hello,
"Your complaint # is 2019-1056.
"Our office has no legal authority.
"Regards,
"Office of Police Oversight"
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The civilly-worded legal complaint to OPO from myself that I submitted online on September 25, 2019, was focused on Sergeant Sandra Benningfield of the Austin Police Department Sex Crimes Unit.
Sergeant Benningfield is the reported chief administrator
of the APD Sex Crimes Unit, and is reportedly one of three total sergeants currently employed in that APD unit in Austin, Texas. The other two sergeants in that APD Unit are reportedly Sergeant Richard Jennings and Sergeant Jason Laduque.
The Office of Police Oversight reports directly to the Austin City Manager, according to what I was told this week by a very helpful 311 telephone reference service staff member for the City of Austin.
Two of the primary phone numbers for the City of Austin Office of Police Oversight are: (512) 974-9090 and (512) 972-2676. The OPO FAX number is 512-974-6306. The street address for the OPO is: 1520 Rutherford Lane, Austin, TX 78754.
I hope to hear from you soon in response to this public-information request.
Sincerely and Best Wishes,
from former Texas Department of Public Safety state agency full-time employee and former Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles state agency full-time employee John Kevin McMillan. I myself am a certified direct descendant of the Rev. William Brewster, who served as head chaplain on the Mayflower and was a leading religious adviser to British Plymouth Colony Governor William Bradford. That territory is currently situated in the U.S. state or Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
of the APD Sex Crimes Unit, and is reportedly one of three total sergeants currently employed in that APD unit in Austin, Texas. The other two sergeants in that APD Unit are reportedly Sergeant Richard Jennings and Sergeant Jason Laduque.
The Office of Police Oversight reports directly to the Austin City Manager, according to what I was told this week by a very helpful 311 telephone reference service staff member for the City of Austin.
Two of the primary phone numbers for the City of Austin Office of Police Oversight are: (512) 974-9090 and (512) 972-2676. The OPO FAX number is 512-974-6306. The street address for the OPO is: 1520 Rutherford Lane, Austin, TX 78754.
I hope to hear from you soon in response to this public-information request.
Sincerely and Best Wishes,
from former Texas Department of Public Safety state agency full-time employee and former Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles state agency full-time employee John Kevin McMillan. I myself am a certified direct descendant of the Rev. William Brewster, who served as head chaplain on the Mayflower and was a leading religious adviser to British Plymouth Colony Governor William Bradford. That territory is currently situated in the U.S. state or Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
My current home address ever since June 21, 2019:
Pebble Creek Apartments, 8805 North Plaza Drive, Apt. 2418 (a second-floor, eastward-facing unit in Building 17, which is itself situated near the northeastern corner of this complex), Austin, TX 78753.
Home phone: (512) 342-2295.
Cell phone: (512) 993-7305.
E-mail: mcmillanj@att.net
My Blog: http://www.johnkevinmcmillan.blogspot.com
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Your Public Information Request Reference # X004530-111319 is still being processed. The City of Austin will make the effort to ensure information you have requested is made available in a timely manner. We anticipate completing your request on or before December 18, 2019.
Thank you for contacting the City of Austin.
PIR Team
City of Austin—Law Department
(512) 974-2268
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