NH police budget and employment data (Grafton County) (Bath Police Department)
Multi Request | NH police budget and employment data (Grafton County) |
Submitted | June 24, 2021 |
Est. Completion | None |
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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 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 617-500-7123 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,
Beryl Lipton, Granite State News Collaborative
From: Bath Police Department
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 114612
411A Highland Ave
Somerville,MA
June 29,2021
We have recieved the Right to Know Request Dated June 26, 2021
Requesting Budget and Funding Data.
The requested records are not kept Electronically and will need to be Manually reviewed. We are a small Part Time Agency so this may take some time .
Thank you for your understanding in this Matter,
Sincerly ,
Chief Richard Tyler
Bath Police Department
Bath,New Hampshire
From: Bath Police Department
07/09/2012
To Whom It May Concern :
We are in the process of gathering the requested information. I have been advised that there will be a fee of $9.00 per page to input the information. We are a small agency so I do not anticipate may pages being required to complete the Right to Know Request.
Sincerely,
Chief Richard Tyler
Bath Police Dept
Bath, New Hampshire
From: Bath Police Department
To Whom It May Concern :
Just a follow up , I want to confirm you are agreeable to the $9.00 fee per page . Please let us know so we can complete your request.
Sincerely,
Chief Richard Tyler
Bath Police Department
P.O. Box 88
Bath, New Hampshire 03740
Emergency 911
Dispatch 787-6911
PD 747-2239
Fax 747-2290
Email Bathpd@myfairpoint.net
From: Granite State News Collaborative
Hello, Chief Tyler —
I apologize for having missed your earlier message. Thank you very much for your response. If your office is able to provide the requested information, I don’t believe that the fee you presented will be a problem. Please do continue to process this request.
Many thanks for your patience, time, and help.
Best wishes,
Beryl
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: Bath Police Department
A letter stating the requester must agree to or prepay assessed or estimated fees in order for the agency to continue processing the request.
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 26, 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.
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