NH police budget and employment data (Rockingham County) (Danville Police Department)

Granite State News Collaborative filed this request with the Danville Police Department of Danville, NH.
Multi Request NH police budget and employment data (Rockingham County)
Due Sept. 15, 2021
Est. Completion None
Status
Awaiting Response

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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: Danville Police Department

Good afternoon, Beryl,

This is to acknowledge receipt of your Right to Know Request. The amount of information you requested is going to take some time to research and gather everything. We are currently short-staffed and are also in the process of looking to have our paper documents scanned for records retention. While this should make things easier moving forward, it won’t help us out for this particular request. We will do our best to produce your requested materials in a timely manner but I am asking for some patience while we go through this exercise. I will of course keep you advised of our progress.

Thank you!

Chief Wade H. Parsons

Danville Police Department
206 Main Street
Danville, NH 03819
Business phone: (603) 382-9403
https://www.townofdanville.org/police-department

From: Danville Police Department

Hi Beryl,

Attached are documents containing your requested information. I apologize for the delay in getting back to you, and for the dark quality in some of the earlier documents. It was, as I thought it would be, a time consuming task.

I hope this meets your needs but if not, and/or if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out.

Thank you!

Chief Wade H. Parsons

Danville Police Department
206 Main Street
Danville, NH 03819
Business phone: (603) 382-9403
https://www.townofdanville.org/police-department

From: Granite State News Collaborative

Hi Chief Parsons,

Thanks so much for your help with this request! I really appreciate it.

Sincerely,
Granite State News Collaborative

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