MATHIAS H. HECK. JR. Attorney DEBRA B. ARMANINI In ?'51 Pittsecut'ng Attorney APPELLATE DIVISION I French. (leIe? CIVIL DIVISION Mary Chief CRIMINAL DIVISION J. Damiano, Chief DIVERSION DIVISION Sleven A [ti-my, Director FRAUD AND ECONOMIC 3 Mn? CRIMES UNIT . Wait'l C. Harrentine, Mathlas H. HeCk, Jr. Allt?arney JUVENILE DIVISION Montgomery County Prosecutlng Attorney mm BM CW DIVISION Sandra Hunt. June 29,2017 Josh Sweigart Cox Media Group Ohio 1611 S. Main St. Dayton, Ohio 45409 Re: Public Records Request to Montgomery County Sheriff?s Office dated June 8, 2017 Dear Mr. Sweigart: You have requested certain information from the Montgomery County Sheriff?s Office (the to wit: 1. 2. Records illustrating the racial breakdown of inmates at the Montgomery County Jail. Records illustrating the housing of inmates at the Montgomery County Jail, including the race of the inmates. The MCSO does not maintain records that are responsive to this request, and does not have a database or system in place to specifically search for this information. This request would require research in order to identify a specific subset of records containing the requested information. The Public Records Act does not compel a public office to ?do research or to identify records containing selected information.? State ex rel. Shaughnessy v. Cleveland, 2016?Ohio-8447 at 1110, 2016 WL 7645333 at Moreover. your request is a request for information, not a request for records. See, O.R.C. which defines ?records.? A request for information is not a request for records under Ohio?s Public Records Act. See, State ex rel. Fant v. Mengel, 62 Ohio St.3d 455, 584 664 (1992). A public office in Ohio is not required under Ohio?s Public Records Act to search a database for information and compile it to create a new document to satisfy a request for information. 1d,; State ex rel. White v. Goldsberry, 85 Ohio St.3d 153, 154. 5th Floor - Dayton-Montgomery County Courts Building 0 Post Office Box 972 0 301 West Third Street Dayton. Ohio 45422 - (937) 225?5757 . TDD (937) 496?3215 - FAX (937) 225-3470 COW Mathias H. Heck, Jr. Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney i am aware that you made a similar request for information in October 2016, and MCSO produced records to you in response. However, those were not ?records that are kept? by the M080 within the meaning of O.R.C. Rather, those records were compiled and created as a result of your request. As stated above, the M080 is not required to compile and create a new record, and therefore we will not do so here. For these reasons, the M080 must deny your request. LGM Very truly yours. MATHIAS H. HECK, ATTORNEY . i, Eff-53a [Wk Laura G. Mariani 1 Assistant Prosecuting Attorney 937-225?5780 111ariani1?mcohioora