Hello,
When I spoke with the officer she explained to me that when I asked for my notes, the file is sent to a different department to process my report request. By requesting these notes, she explained, this causes all work, that may be going on to to stop, while they are putting this report together.
Why she would explain this to me, I do not know, but she claims she was doing me a favor by telling me this. She did not have to tell me this, if she did not want to. When we think about it, her divulging this information was not in her best interest to tell me, so I guess it would have been in mine. Whether true or not, it's something to think about for those of use waiting for our loved ones.
What I did notice in my notes is that each of my calls were documented and what the result of each call determined, therefore, I can hypothesize that if I were to ask for my GCMS notes again, we will see that a different department and agent will have to process this report/request, which I do believe holds up the process, while the agent insures that what information is given to me is correct and accurate for legal purposes.
With that said, I will think twice about asking for my GCMS notes in the future, because what she explained to me does make sense. Or else people will be asking for GCMS notes all the time and they will be sent out notes without covering themselves. I imagine if they were not careful with how they send this information, they could have some horrendous legal complaints and for this reason, it takes so long to send individuals this information.
I waited almost a month for mine and there is a fee, although not much.

