yy 1 County 0fL0s Angeles .. A 5IQoI|if's Ramona asa ,yN Menrebgy Park, 91754-2169 csfanjf July 23, 2012 Dow Jones Company 1211 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036 Dear Ms. Angwin: This letter is in response to your request for records under the California Public Records Act dated and received by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department Discovery Unit _or-1 July 17, 2012. In your request you are seeking the following: RE: Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) - Request access to and copies of the full database that contain all the license - plate numbers, time stamps and geolocation data collected by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department's automated license plate recognition (ALPR) system for the past two years. Response: Unfortunately, we ar? unable to assist you with your request. Your request -is being denied for the following reasons: Govemment Code 6254(mk) and 6255(a) -- Protects records of intelligence information or security procedures. The public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record. Evidence-Code - Disclosure of the information is against the public interest because ,a-necessity for preserving the confidentiality of the information that outweighs the necessity for disclosure in the interest of justice. .jr?acGY1b12 0/cseruzbe 1850 1. Julia Angwin .- -2- July 23, 2012 If you have any questions, please contact Pam Vanover of the Discovery Unit at (323) 890-5439. Sincerely, LEROY D. BACA, SHERIFF Risk --Management Bureau J,