NH police budget and employment data (Cheshire County) (Chesterfield Police Department)
Multi Request | NH police budget and employment data (Cheshire County) |
Submitted | April 27, 2021 |
Est. Completion | June 4, 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 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
From: Chesterfield Police Department
An interim response, stating the request is being processed.
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 April 27, 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: 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 April 27, 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: Beryl Lipton
Hello Mr. Chickering —
Thank you for this update! I appreciate it and will look forward to hearing from your office again soon.
Best,
Beryl
From: Beryl Lipton
Hello Chief Chickering —
Thank you for this update! I appreciate it and will look forward to hearing from your office again soon.
Best,
Beryl
From: Chesterfield Police Department
An interim response, stating the request is being processed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following New Hampshire Right to Know Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 27, 2021. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on June 4, 2021. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Chesterfield Police Department
Good morning Ms Lipton:
The request has been completed. Attached is the unsigned version of the letter that I mailed to you yesterday.
Please let me know of a convenient date and time you would like to view the requested documents at the police department.
Best Regards
Duane
Duane Chickering
Chief of Police
Chesterfield Police Department
Office 603-363-4233 ext 61
Fax 603-363-4152
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From: Granite State News Collaborative
Hello, Chief Chickering —
Thank you for your most recent response to this request. I'll confer with my team about the best time to view these records and let you know what would work.
Have a lovely week,
Beryl
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