Ridiculous Email Chain With Little Rock Police Department

russracop@att.
net
From: russracop@att.net
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 7:55 AM
To: 'Williams, L. Lamor'; Moore, Bruce; Stodola, Mark; LRBOD; Carpenter, Tom; 'Ford,
Michael R.'
Cc: 'Max Brantley'; 'Matthew Campbell'; Ean Lee Bordeaux; 'Phyllis Harrington'; 'Chelsea
Boozer'
Subject: Final Demand for response to Freedom of Information Request 2018-13
This FOI request has been ignored by the city of Little Rock and LRPD. If the information is not provided by close of
business today, I will seek an injunction against the city/LRPD to compel them to provide timely answers to FOI request
and seek criminal punishment, including the removal from office of certain individuals in connection with failure to
provide responses.
Russ Racop
301 Alamo Drive
Little Rock, AR 72211
501-352-0043
Publisher:
badgovernmentinarkansas.blogspot.com;badlittlerock.blogspot.com
From: russracop@att.net [mailto:russracop@att.net]

Sent: Monday, January 29, 2018 10:57 AM
To: Buckner, Kenton Tremar <kbuckner@littlerock.gov>
Cc: 'Williams, L. Lamor' <llwilliams@littlerock.gov>; 'Ford, Michael R.' <mford@littlerock.gov>; Carpenter, Tom
<TCarpenter@littlerock.gov>; Ean Lee Bordeaux <aidcommission@gmail.com>; 'fightingforce14@yahoo.com'
<fightingforce14@yahoo.com>
Subject: Freedom of Information Request 2018-13
Under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act § 25-19-101 et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to inspect or obtain
copies of public records regarding:
Vehicle damage reports, including but not limited to emails or memorandums regarding accidents or other
damages; repair invoices and costs, for all city owned or leased vehicles in use by the Little Rock Police
Department.
Time frame for this request is December 2017 through the date of this request.
Under 105(e), an agency has three business days to respond where (1) a public record is in active use or storage AND (2)
the record is therefore not available at the time a citizen asks to examine it. Thus, even if a record is in active use or
storage, it must still be provided more or less immediately upon request if it is not unavailable to the custodian. If
access to the records I am requesting will take longer, please contact me with information about when I might expect
copies or the ability to inspect the requested records.
I am requesting that the information requested be supplied to me in electronic form and sent via email to
russracop@att.net.
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Please note that § A.C.A. 25-19-105 (e) (4) states that If it is necessary to separate exempt from nonexempt information
in order to permit a citizen to inspect, copy, or obtain copies of public records, the custodian shall bear the cost of the
separation.
Also reference Arkansas Attorney General’s Opinion No. 2010-140 regarding a state agency must bear the cost associated
with redactions no matter the size or amount of documents involved. And this matter is also addressed in Watkins, J., et
al., "The Arkansas Freedom of Information Act" (6th ed.), at p. 303, "Moreover, the custodian must bear any cost arising
from segregation of exempt and nonexempt information.”
If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the
information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.
Russ Racop
301 Alamo Drive
501-352-0043
Publisher:
badgovernmentinarkansas.blogspot.com; badlittlerock.blogspot.com
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russracop@att.net
From: Ford, Michael R. <mford@littlerock.gov>

To: russracop@att.net
Cc: Williams, L. Lamor; Moore, Bruce; Stodola, Mark; board; Carpenter, Tom; Max Brantley;
Matthew Campbell; Ean Lee Bordeaux; Phyllis Harrington; Chelsea Boozer
Subject: Re: Final Demand for response to Freedom of Information Request 2018-13
Attachments: image001.jpg
Mr. Racop,
I do not understand why you want to seek an injunction for this matter when you signed receiving this information on
February 06, 2018.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 21, 2018, at 7:55 AM, "russracop@att.net<mailto:russracop@att.net>"

<russracop@att.net<mailto:russracop@att.net>> wrote:
and seek criminal punishment, including the removal from office of certain individuals in connection with failure to
provide responses.
Russ Racop
301 Alamo Drive
501-352-0043
Publisher:
badgovernmentinarkansas.blogspot.com<http://badgovernmentinarkansas.blogspot.com/>;badlittlerock.blogspot.com<
http://badlittlerock.blogspot.com/>
From: russracop@att.net<mailto:russracop@att.net> [mailto:russracop@att.net]

Sent: Monday, January 29, 2018 10:57 AM
To: Buckner, Kenton Tremar <kbuckner@littlerock.gov<mailto:kbuckner@littlerock.gov>>
Cc: 'Williams, L. Lamor' <llwilliams@littlerock.gov<mailto:llwilliams@littlerock.gov>>; 'Ford, Michael R.'
<mford@littlerock.gov<mailto:mford@littlerock.gov>>; Carpenter, Tom
<TCarpenter@littlerock.gov<mailto:TCarpenter@littlerock.gov>>; Ean Lee Bordeaux
<aidcommission@gmail.com<mailto:aidcommission@gmail.com>>;
'fightingforce14@yahoo.com<mailto:fightingforce14@yahoo.com>'
<fightingforce14@yahoo.com<mailto:fightingforce14@yahoo.com>>
Subject: Freedom of Information Request 2018-13
Under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act ? 25-19-101 et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to inspect or obtain
copies of public records regarding:
Vehicle damage reports, including but not limited to emails or memorandums regarding accidents or other damages;
repair invoices and costs, for all city owned or leased vehicles in use by the Little Rock Police Department.
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russracop@att.net
To: 'Ford, Michael R.'; Buckner, Kenton Tremar; Stodola, Mark; Moore, Bruce; Carpenter,
Tom; LRBOD; 'Williams, L. Lamor'
Cc: 'Matthew Campbell'; 'Max Brantley'; Ean Lee Bordeaux; 'Chelsea Boozer'
Subject: RE: Final Demand for response to Freedom of Information Request 2018-13
I believe that you have confused the information about take home cars and fuel with the request for "Vehicle damage
reports, including but not limited to emails or memorandums regarding accidents or other damages; repair invoices and
costs, for all city owned or leased vehicles in use by the Little Rock Police Department."
I keep detailed records of requests and those receipts you have me sign are done so without reviewing the material
provided on the cd/dvd.
While you may think you have provided it you have in fact not.
I would have thought that somewhere in LRPD HQ there would be a copy of the LRPD Generals Orders, but I found out
last Friday that is not the case.
Russ Racop
301 Alamo Drive
501-352-0043
Publisher:
#TimeForCHange #CleanOutLRCItyHall #ByeByeBuckner
-----Original Message-----
From: Ford, Michael R. [mailto:mford@littlerock.gov]
Cc: Williams, L. Lamor <llwilliams@littlerock.gov>; Moore, Bruce <bruce@littlerock.gov>; Stodola, Mark
<mstodola@littlerock.gov>; board <board@littlerock.gov>; Carpenter, Tom <TCarpenter@littlerock.gov>; Max Brantley
<maxbrantley@arktimes.com>; Matthew Campbell <matt@pinnaclelawfirm.com>; Ean Lee Bordeaux
<aidcommission@gmail.com>; Phyllis Harrington <breakingthesilencear@yahoo.com>; Chelsea Boozer
<cboozer@arkansasonline.com>
Mr. Racop,
February 06, 2018.
Sent from my iPhone

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russracop@att.net

To: russracop
Cc: Williams, L. Lamor; Moore, Bruce; Stodola, Mark; board; Carpenter, Tom; Max Brantley;
Matthew Campbell; Ean Lee Bordeaux; Phyllis Harrington; Chelsea Boozer
You hand signed for the copies on February 06, 2018. So are you saying that by receiving the information you requested
that is not a response?
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 21, 2018, at 9:39 AM, russracop <russracop@att.net<mailto:russracop@att.net>> wrote:
Because I did not receive a response for this particular request
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy , an AT&T LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------

From: "Ford, Michael R." <mford@littlerock.gov<mailto:mford@littlerock.gov>>
Date: 2/21/18 9:24 AM (GMT-06:00)
To: russracop@att.net<mailto:russracop@att.net>
Cc: "Williams, L. Lamor" <llwilliams@littlerock.gov<mailto:llwilliams@littlerock.gov>>, "Moore, Bruce"
<bruce@littlerock.gov<mailto:bruce@littlerock.gov>>, "Stodola, Mark"
<mstodola@littlerock.gov<mailto:mstodola@littlerock.gov>>, board
<board@littlerock.gov<mailto:board@littlerock.gov>>, "Carpenter, Tom"
<TCarpenter@littlerock.gov<mailto:TCarpenter@littlerock.gov>>, Max Brantley
<maxbrantley@arktimes.com<mailto:maxbrantley@arktimes.com>>, Matthew Campbell
<matt@pinnaclelawfirm.com<mailto:matt@pinnaclelawfirm.com>>, Ean Lee Bordeaux
<aidcommission@gmail.com<mailto:aidcommission@gmail.com>>, Phyllis Harrington
<breakingthesilencear@yahoo.com<mailto:breakingthesilencear@yahoo.com>>, Chelsea Boozer
<cboozer@arkansasonline.com<mailto:cboozer@arkansasonline.com>>
Mr. Racop,
February 06, 2018.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 21, 2018, at 7:55 AM, "russracop@att.net<mailto:russracop@att.net><mailto:russracop@att.net>"

<russracop@att.net<mailto:russracop@att.net><mailto:russracop@att.net>> wrote:
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russracop@att.net
To: 'Ford, Michael R.'
Cc: 'Williams, L. Lamor'; 'Moore, Bruce'; 'Stodola, Mark'; 'board'; 'Carpenter, Tom'; 'Max
Brantley'; 'Matthew Campbell'; 'Ean Lee Bordeaux'; 'Phyllis Harrington'; 'Chelsea Boozer'
Subject: RE: Final Demand for response to Freedom of Information Request 2018-13
I signed for a response, but the information provided on that disc, when reviewed after returning from obtaining it - not
when signing for it - was not the information I requested. I will send a screen shot of the items on that disc
shortly./RRacop
To: russracop <russracop@att.net>
Cc: Williams, L. Lamor <llwilliams@littlerock.gov>; Moore, Bruce <bruce@littlerock.gov>; Stodola, Mark
<mstodola@littlerock.gov>; board <board@littlerock.gov>; Carpenter, Tom <TCarpenter@littlerock.gov>; Max Brantley
<maxbrantley@arktimes.com>; Matthew Campbell <matt@pinnaclelawfirm.com>; Ean Lee Bordeaux
<aidcommission@gmail.com>; Phyllis Harrington <breakingthesilencear@yahoo.com>; Chelsea Boozer
You hand signed for the copies on February 06, 2018. So are you saying that by receiving the information you requested
that is not a response?
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 21, 2018, at 9:39 AM, russracop <russracop@att.net<mailto:russracop@att.net>> wrote:
Because I did not receive a response for this particular request
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy , an AT&T LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------

From: "Ford, Michael R." <mford@littlerock.gov<mailto:mford@littlerock.gov>>
Date: 2/21/18 9:24 AM (GMT-06:00)
To: russracop@att.net<mailto:russracop@att.net>
Cc: "Williams, L. Lamor" <llwilliams@littlerock.gov<mailto:llwilliams@littlerock.gov>>, "Moore, Bruce"
<bruce@littlerock.gov<mailto:bruce@littlerock.gov>>, "Stodola, Mark"
<mstodola@littlerock.gov<mailto:mstodola@littlerock.gov>>, board
<board@littlerock.gov<mailto:board@littlerock.gov>>, "Carpenter, Tom"
<TCarpenter@littlerock.gov<mailto:TCarpenter@littlerock.gov>>, Max Brantley
<maxbrantley@arktimes.com<mailto:maxbrantley@arktimes.com>>, Matthew Campbell
<matt@pinnaclelawfirm.com<mailto:matt@pinnaclelawfirm.com>>, Ean Lee Bordeaux
<aidcommission@gmail.com<mailto:aidcommission@gmail.com>>, Phyllis Harrington
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russracop@att.net
To: 'Ford, Michael R.'; Buckner, Kenton Tremar; 'Williams, L. Lamor'; Moore, Bruce; Stodola,
Mark; Carpenter, Tom; LRBOD
Cc: 'Matthew Campbell'; 'Max Brantley'; Ean Lee Bordeaux; 'Chelsea Boozer'
Subject: LRPD FOI #0106/ RRR FOI 2018-13
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Russ Racop
301 Alamo Drive
501-352-0043
Publisher:
badgovernmentinarkansas.blogspot.com;badlittlerock.blogspot.com
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russracop@att.net

Cc: Buckner, Kenton; Williams, L. Lamor; Moore, Bruce; Stodola, Mark; Carpenter, Tom;
board; Matthew Campbell; Max Brantley; Ean Lee Bordeaux; Chelsea Boozer
Subject: Re: LRPD FOI #0106/ RRR FOI 2018-13
Attachments: image002.jpg; image006.jpg
If you would like to call me and explain to me what's wrong with the disc you can reach me at 501-351-0997
Sent from my iPhone

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Russ Racop
301 Alamo Drive
501-352-0043
Publisher:
badgovernmentinarkansas.blogspot.com<http://badgovernmentinarkansas.blogspot.com/>;badlittlerock.blogspot.com<
http://badlittlerock.blogspot.com/>
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russracop@att.net
To: 'Ford, Michael R.'
Cc: 'Buckner, Kenton'; 'Williams, L. Lamor'; 'Moore, Bruce'; 'Stodola, Mark'; 'Carpenter, Tom';
'board'; 'Matthew Campbell'; 'Max Brantley'; 'Ean Lee Bordeaux'; 'Chelsea Boozer'
Subject: RE: LRPD FOI #0106/ RRR FOI 2018-13
Seriously, are you so thick headed that you cannot understand that the information I asked for ( accident info) was not
placed on the disc I picked up. Look at the screenshot provided. The information on the disc (take home car) was
material previously provided in response to a separate FOI request/response.
You can call ME if you have questions or need a more precise explanation.
Russ Racop
301 Alamo Drive
501-352-0043
Publisher:
badgovernmentinarkansas.blogspot.com ;badlittlerock.blogspot.com
Cc: Buckner, Kenton <kbuckner@littlerock.gov>; Williams, L. Lamor <llwilliams@littlerock.gov>; Moore, Bruce
<bruce@littlerock.gov>; Stodola, Mark <mstodola@littlerock.gov>; Carpenter, Tom <TCarpenter@littlerock.gov>; board
<board@littlerock.gov>; Matthew Campbell <matt@pinnaclelawfirm.com>; Max Brantley
<maxbrantley@arktimes.com>; Ean Lee Bordeaux <aidcommission@gmail.com>; Chelsea Boozer
Are you saying their is no information on the disc?
Sent from my iPhone

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Russ Racop
301 Alamo Drive
501-352-0043
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russracop@att.net
From: Carpenter, Tom <TCarpenter@littlerock.gov>

Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 12:01 PM
To: 'russracop@att.net'; Ford, Michael R.
Cc: 'Matthew Campbell'; 'Max Brantley'; Mann, Bill; Wisdom, Debbie
Attachments: RE: LRPD FOI #0106/ RRR FOI 2018-13 (4.75 KB)
Dear Lieutenant Ford and Mr. Racop,
I have been following this chain and it seems like the City thinks the information was provided and Mr. Racop
thinks otherwise. There was an email sent today that threatened suit if the information was not provided today. I
spoke with Mr. Racop earlier and told him that I am under an incredibly tight deadline to complete an amicus brief
to the U.S. Supreme Court no later than tomorrow morning. May I suggest that on Friday we find some time and all
three of us (and anyone else who need to come) sit down and try to figure out what happened? I offer my office as a
place to hold this meeting.
Please understand that I am responded to emails upon which I have been copied. I know that LRPD tries to
comply within the time frames for FOIA, but I am not sure that both parties are describing the same information. So,
I offer this up more as a mediation than anything else. The key is that if the information is subject to release the City
certainly wants to release it. What I cannot tell is where the communication breakdown appears to be. So, instead of
lawsuits, I would like to get the information out.
Please let me know if a Friday meeting would be acceptable? I have a 10:30 meeting on Friday, and I am supposed
to be a witness in court at 9:00 (on a property tax matter – I would rank it up there with a root canal, but my dentist
managed to do root canals on me with no pain and no problems afterward; hopefully you get the point). I do not
believe that testimony will take more than an hour. So perhaps early in the afternoon on Friday would work.
Tom
Thomas M. Carpenter
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
500 West Markham, Ste. 310
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
(T) (501) 371-6875 (direct)
(F) (501) 371-4675
(M) (501) 993-1052
tcarpenter@littlerock.gov
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russracop@att.net
To: 'Carpenter, Tom'; 'Ford, Michael R.'
Cc: 'Matthew Campbell'; 'Max Brantley'; 'Mann, Bill'; 'Wisdom, Debbie'
Why is a meeting necessary when LRPD simply placed the wrong material on the disc provided to me? If they cannot
understand the written word and pictures, I have little belief that spoken words will make much difference in helping
them have a clear picture of their mistake and the simple steps it takes to avoid unnecessary litigation and further
embarrassment.
They just need to email the requested material sought in my 01/29/2018 FOI request.
I’d rather use time Friday to have the meeting with you and Bruce that he has agreed to have with Rev. Johnson, Chief
Ean Bordeaux and myself.
Russ Racop
301 Alamo Drive
501-352-0043
Publisher:
From: Carpenter, Tom [mailto:TCarpenter@littlerock.gov]

To: 'russracop@att.net' <russracop@att.net>; Ford, Michael R. <mford@littlerock.gov>
Cc: 'Matthew Campbell' <matt@pinnaclelawfirm.com>; 'Max Brantley' <maxbrantley@arktimes.com>; Mann, Bill
<BMann@littlerock.gov>; Wisdom, Debbie <dwisdom@littlerock.gov>
I have been following this chain and it seems like the City thinks the information was provided and Mr. Racop
thinks otherwise. There was an email sent today that threatened suit if the information was not provided today. I
spoke with Mr. Racop earlier and told him that I am under an incredibly tight deadline to complete an amicus brief
to the U.S. Supreme Court no later than tomorrow morning. May I suggest that on Friday we find some time and all
three of us (and anyone else who need to come) sit down and try to figure out what happened? I offer my office as a
place to hold this meeting.
Please understand that I am responded to emails upon which I have been copied. I know that LRPD tries to
comply within the time frames for FOIA, but I am not sure that both parties are describing the same information. So,
I offer this up more as a mediation than anything else. The key is that if the information is subject to release the City
certainly wants to release it. What I cannot tell is where the communication breakdown appears to be. So, instead of
lawsuits, I would like to get the information out.
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russracop@att.net

Cc: Carpenter, Tom; Matthew Campbell; Max Brantley; Mann, Bill; Wisdom, Debbie
We made you a new CD Mr. Racop you can pick it up with the front desk officer.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 21, 2018, at 12:22 PM, "russracop@att.net<mailto:russracop@att.net>"

Why is a meeting necessary when LRPD simply placed the wrong material on the disc provided to me? If they cannot
understand the written word and pictures, I have little belief that spoken words will make much difference in helping
them have a clear picture of their mistake and the simple steps it takes to avoid unnecessary litigation and further
embarrassment.
They just need to email the requested material sought in my 01/29/2018 FOI request.
I'd rather use time Friday to have the meeting with you and Bruce that he has agreed to have with Rev. Johnson, Chief
Ean Bordeaux and myself.
Russ Racop
301 Alamo Drive
501-352-0043
Publisher:
badgovernmentinarkansas.blogspot.com<http://badgovernmentinarkansas.blogspot.com/>;
badlittlerock.blogspot.com<http://badlittlerock.blogspot.com/>
From: Carpenter, Tom [mailto:TCarpenter@littlerock.gov]

To: 'russracop@att.net<mailto:russracop@att.net>' <russracop@att.net<mailto:russracop@att.net>>; Ford, Michael R.
<mford@littlerock.gov<mailto:mford@littlerock.gov>>
Cc: 'Matthew Campbell' <matt@pinnaclelawfirm.com<mailto:matt@pinnaclelawfirm.com>>; 'Max Brantley'
<maxbrantley@arktimes.com<mailto:maxbrantley@arktimes.com>>; Mann, Bill
<BMann@littlerock.gov<mailto:BMann@littlerock.gov>>; Wisdom, Debbie
<dwisdom@littlerock.gov<mailto:dwisdom@littlerock.gov>>

I have been following this chain and it seems like the City thinks the information was provided and Mr. Racop thinks
otherwise. There was an email sent today that threatened suit if the information was not provided today. I spoke with
Mr. Racop earlier and told him that I am under an incredibly tight deadline to complete an amicus brief to the U.S.
Supreme Court no later than tomorrow morning. May I suggest that on Friday we find some time and all three of us (and
anyone else who need to come) sit down and try to figure out what happened? I offer my office as a place to hold this
meeting.
Please understand that I am responded to emails upon which I have been copied. I know that LRPD tries to comply
within the time frames for FOIA, but I am not sure that both parties are describing the same information. So, I offer this

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From: russracop@att.net [mailto:russracop@att.net]

From: Ford, Michael R. <mford@littlerock.gov>

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 21, 2018, at 7:55 AM, "russracop@att.net<mailto:russracop@att.net>"

From: russracop@att.net<mailto:russracop@att.net> [mailto:russracop@att.net]

#TimeForCHange #CleanOutLRCItyHall #ByeByeBuckner

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On Feb 21, 2018, at 7:55 AM, "russracop@att.net<mailto:russracop@att.net>"

From: Ford, Michael R. <mford@littlerock.gov>

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On Feb 21, 2018, at 9:39 AM, russracop <russracop@att.net<mailto:russracop@att.net>> wrote:

Because I did not receive a response for this particular request

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy , an AT&T LTE smartphone

-------- Original message --------

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 21, 2018, at 7:55 AM, "russracop@att.net<mailto:russracop@att.net><mailto:russracop@att.net>"

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 21, 2018, at 9:39 AM, russracop <russracop@att.net<mailto:russracop@att.net>> wrote:

Because I did not receive a response for this particular request

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy , an AT&T LTE smartphone

-------- Original message --------

From: Ford, Michael R. <mford@littlerock.gov>

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 21, 2018, at 10:54 AM, "russracop@att.net<mailto:russracop@att.net>"

Are you saying their is no information on the disc?

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 21, 2018, at 10:54 AM, "russracop@att.net<mailto:russracop@att.net>"

From: Carpenter, Tom <TCarpenter@littlerock.gov>

Dear Lieutenant Ford and Mr. Racop,

From: Carpenter, Tom [mailto:TCarpenter@littlerock.gov]

Dear Lieutenant Ford and Mr. Racop,

From: Ford, Michael R. <mford@littlerock.gov>

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 21, 2018, at 12:22 PM, "russracop@att.net<mailto:russracop@att.net>"

From: Carpenter, Tom [mailto:TCarpenter@littlerock.gov]

Dear Lieutenant Ford and Mr. Racop,

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