NH police budget and employment data (Merrimack County) (Allenstown Police Department)
| Multi Request | NH police budget and employment data (Merrimack County) |
| Submitted | June 24, 2021 |
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From: Granite State News Collaborative
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the New Hampshire Right to Know Law, I respectfully request the following records related to this municipality's police department hiring, employment, and funding for the budget years 2000 through 2020:
BUDGET and FUNDING DATA - Records sufficient to show funding for municipal law enforcement offices and activities for the years 2000 through 2020.
If possible, please provide the itemized budget allocated for public safety and police department activities for each year, as well as records sufficient to show any additional funding received through other means, including but not limited to:
• funds for capital expenditures
• grants
• donations
HIRING and EMPLOYMENT DATA - Records sufficient to show the following data regarding police department employment for the years 2000 through 2020.
• The number of employed law enforcement officers (as defined by RSA 105-D:1). Please provide the date on which the provided numbers were accurate.
• Annual demographic information (age, race, gender) of law enforcement officers employed by this municipality
• Annual demographic information (age, race, gender) of any individual employed in a position of leadership within this municipality’s public safety or law enforcement department
If any of the requested information is available in aggregate form, provision of this aggregate information by year would likely satisfy this request. If there are any known caveats involved with the data and information your office is able to provide, I would really appreciate it if you could share them with me.
*Please note* that if any of the requested information is held by another office or agency, direction to the appropriate office would be greatly appreciated.
This request is being made on behalf of the Concord Monitor through the statewide nonprofit Granite State News Collaborative. This request is not being made for commercial purposes. It is being made as part of a journalistic data collection effort to benefit news organizations and the public good throughout the State of New Hampshire.
If your office anticipates that fees associated with the processing of this request, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request be filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Please call 603-224-5301 with any questions about this request. If your call is not answered, please leave a message and your call will be returned as soon as possible.
I look forward to receiving your response to this request within five business days, as required by law.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I really appreciate your time and help.
Sincerely,
Cassidy Jensen, The Concord Monitor
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Hampshire Right to Know Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 24, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Allenstown Police Department
On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 2:32 PM Dawn Chabot <dchabot@allenstownnh.gov> wrote:
Cassidy Jensen/Concord Monitor: This email is in regards to your right to know request which we received on July 1, 2021. In processing the employment portion of this request, fees would apply as the documents are not readily available to send in electronic format. The information will need to be extracted from Crimestar, a police software system, and then redacted in accordance with the right to know law, therefore, the anticipated fees associated with the processing of this request would be $49.00 ($1.00 per page with a total of 49 pages). This fee covers 49 pages of police officer employees from 2000-2021.
Please advise if you would like me to continue with the processing of this request and if so, provide the Concord Monitor address to address the invoice to. Once the invoice is created, I can email it to you. On a side note, the Finance Director is working on the financial portion of your request and at this time, she believes her portion will be able to be sent over electronically. Therefore, if that is the case, fees for the financial portion will not apply. Thanks, Dawn Chabot
Dawn Chabot
Administrative Assistant
Allenstown Police Department
40 Allenstown Road
Allenstown, NH 03275
(603) 485-9500
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The information in this transmission is privileged and confidential and is intended only for the recipient(s) listed above. If you are neither the intended recipient(s) nor a person responsible for the delivery of this transmission to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any unauthorized distribution or copying of this transmission is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify us immediately at 603-485-9500. Thank you.
From: Allenstown Police Department
On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 10:25 AM Dawn Chabot <dchabot@allenstownnh.gov> wrote:
Cassidy: The fees are being applied for the cost of the physical copies in which the established fee is $1.00 per page, as they are not readily available to email as a PDF document. We have to print the 49 pages from the system and then redact each page in accordance with the right to know law. As far as physically inspecting the pages, the pages would still need to be printed and redacted, therefore, the fees would apply.
Thanks, Dawn
Dawn Chabot
Administrative Assistant
Allenstown Police Department
40 Allenstown Road
Allenstown, NH 03275
(603) 485-9500
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The information in this transmission is privileged and confidential and is intended only for the recipient(s) listed above. If you are neither the intended recipient(s) nor a person responsible for the delivery of this transmission to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any unauthorized distribution or copying of this transmission is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify us immediately at 603-485-9500. Thank you.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Hampshire Right to Know Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 24, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Allenstown Police Department
Subject: Your right to know request sent to the Allenstown Police Department
MuckRock Staff Member: In response to your right to know request that was received by the Allenstown Police Department on July 1, 2021, in that request you gave us the contact information of Cassidy Jensen of the Concord Monitor. Cassidy Jensen was contacted over the possibility of fees involved with the request. After contacting Cassidy via phone, on 7/8/21 emails from the police department and the finance department containing the requested information were sent directly to Ms. Jensen. Thank you, Dawn Chabot
Dawn Chabot
Administrative Assistant
Allenstown Police Department
40 Allenstown Road
Allenstown, NH 03275
(603) 485-9500
dchabot@allenstownnh.gov<mailto:dchabot@allenstownnh.gov>
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The information in this transmission is privileged and confidential and is intended only for the recipient(s) listed above. If you are neither the intended recipient(s) nor a person responsible for the delivery of this transmission to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any unauthorized distribution or copying of this transmission is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify us immediately at 603-485-9500. Thank you.
From: Allenstown Police Department
MuckRock Staff Member: In response to your right to know request that was received by the Allenstown Police Department on July 1, 2021, in that request you gave us the contact information of Cassidy Jensen of the Concord Monitor. Cassidy Jensen was contacted over the possibility of fees involved with the request. After contacting Cassidy via phone, on 7/8/21 emails from the police department and the finance department containing the requested information were sent directly to Ms. Jensen. Thank you, Dawn Chabot
Dawn Chabot
Administrative Assistant
Allenstown Police Department
40 Allenstown Road
Allenstown, NH 03275
(603) 485-9500
dchabot@allenstownnh.gov<mailto:dchabot@allenstownnh.gov>
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The information in this transmission is privileged and confidential and is intended only for the recipient(s) listed above. If you are neither the intended recipient(s) nor a person responsible for the delivery of this transmission to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any unauthorized distribution or copying of this transmission is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify us immediately at 603-485-9500. Thank you.
From: Allenstown Police Department
On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 4:17 PM Dawn Chabot <dchabot@allenstownnh.gov> wrote:
Cassidy: I have heard back from the Town Administrator on your request. Those employee documents are available for viewing at no charge, however, at this point we have decided to send them electronically. Please see the attached three files. Dawn Chabot
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