Drone-detection purchases by the Georgia Department of Corrections, 2017 to 2026

Under the Georgia Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq., The GDC Accountability Project, Inc. (Georgia Prisoners' Speak), a Georgia nonprofit, requests the following existing records about the Department's purchases of drone (unmanned aircraft) detection equipment, for the period January 1, 2017 to the present.1. Contracts, purchase orders, statements of work, quotes, sole-source or cooperative-purchase justifications, and invoices for drone detection or counter-drone equipment or services, including radar and radio-frequency detection systems, with any vendor. That includes AeroDefense, LLC (AirWarden); Observation Without Limits, LLC or Dynetics, Inc. (GroundAware radar); and Dedrone Holdings, Inc. or Aerial Armor.2. The procurement and grant file for Bureau of Justice Assistance award 2020-BX-0002 (the "OWLD 3D Radar" UAV detection system at Baldwin State Prison): quotes, the purchase order, invoices, delivery and acceptance records, and the grant progress and closeout reports.3. Records sufficient to show how the funds appropriated for "managed access and drone detection" in the Amended FY2025 and Amended FY2026 budgets were obligated (vendor, amount, and purchase order or contract number).We are not asking for security plans, system layouts, coverage maps or detection logs, and we understand that security-sensitive details may be redacted under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72(a)(25). We are not asking the Department to create new records. If this request turns out to be large, please produce item 2 first, and we're glad to talk about narrowing the rest.Electronic delivery through this portal or to accountability@gps.press is ideal. We agree to reasonable copying and administrative fees up to $50.00; please let us know before going over that amount, with the itemization described in O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71(d). We understand and accept redactions required by law.The GDC Accountability Project, Inc. (Georgia Prisoners' Speak) 285 W Wieuca Rd NE, PMB #4153, Atlanta, GA 30342 accountability@gps.press · https://gps.pressIn plain terms, what we are looking for: the paperwork showing what drone-detection equipment GDC has bought, from whom, for how much, and with what money, starting with the radar bought for Baldwin State Prison with a 2020 federal grant.