Police department misconduct allegations and disciplinary proceedings
It is a clone of this request.
| Submitted | June 17, 2020 |
| Due | Oct. 1, 2020 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Beryl Lipton
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the New York Freedom of Information Law, I hereby request the following records:
All materials and records describing and sufficient to show/disclose all allegations of misconduct made and all disciplinary proceedings taken against any officer, employee, or representative of this policing agency.
As described in the New York Freedom of Information Law, a record is "any information kept, held, filed, produced or reproduced by, with or for an agency or the state legislature, in any physical form whatsoever including, but not limited to, reports, statements, examinations, memoranda, opinions, folders, files, books, manuals, pamphlets, forms, papers, designs, drawings, maps, photos, letters, microfilms, computer tapes or discs, rules, regulations or codes." Records kept in a digital or electronic form are also records, would be responsive to this request, and should be provided.
These records are typically required to be retained under the New York State Records Retention and Disposition Schedule MU-1 (http://www.archives.nysed.gov/records/retention_mu-1), including, but not limited to, item no. 365, which includes: "Investigative records and disciplinary proceedings, including but not limited to statement of charge, transcript of hearing, notice of decision, letter of termination or resignation, letter of reinstatement, record of appeal procedure, and correspondence." While materials under that schedule have a set retention of 3 years after the final decision rendered, this request and materials responsive to it include *all* records held in the possession of any office or individual employed or formerly employed by this policing agency, including those kept off-site, in digital form, and in personnel files.
Please note that any failure to provide all potentially-responsive materials and/or the destruction of materials potentially responsive to this request would be a violation of the spirit of the New York Freedom of Information Law, as well as unlawful under the New York FOIL and the terms of the attached litigation hold notice.
Materials responsive to this request include — but are not limited to — all complaints, reports, records of discipline and penalties, aggregate collections of complaint and disciplinary materials (spreadsheets, databases), investigatory materials, relevant related correspondence, photographs, video, other related evidence, proof of discipline or fulfillment of penalties, and all personnel materials (including those used in promotion, contract, and other employment negotiations and considerations) that reference or utilize misconduct allegations or disciplinary materials of any sort.
Materials responsive to this request include all complaints— internal, external, and civilian — and include records disclosing the names, badge numbers, and personnel identification of each officer involved and/or serving as a witness, as well as all available details of the incident/complaint: date, time, location, nature of the incident, description of the incident, nature of the investigation, investigatory materials, the disposition of the case, and any subsequent materials related to the execution of any resultant discipline. Responsive materials include all complaints and allegations against any officer, employee, or representative of this policing agency, regardless of whether that complaint or allegation resulted in any investigation or disciplinary action.
Responsive materials also include all records of use of force by officers, including records disclosing the names, badge numbers, and personnel identification of each officer involved and/or serving as a witness, as well as all available details of the incident: date, time, location, nature of the incident, description of the incident, nature of the use of force, subsequent investigatory materials related to the use of force, the disposition of any investigation into the incident, and any subsequent materials related to the use of force.
Please provide materials on a rolling basis, beginning with materials created during the following timeframes:
• January 1, 2010 - June 15, 2020
• January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2010
• January 1, 1990 - January 1, 2000
• January 1, 1980 - January 1, 1990
• January 1, 1970 - January 1, 1980
Pursuant to NYCRR Section 1401.5(c)(1), should any of this request be unclear or lack sufficient description for your office, please provide direction that would enable this requester to request records reasonably described. Please also note that the New York FOIL states: "An agency shall not deny a request on the basis that the request is voluminous or that locating or reviewing the requested records or providing the requested copies is burdensome because the agency lacks sufficient staffing or on any other basis if the agency may engage an outside professional service to provide copying, programming or other services required to provide the copy...." Please also see FOIL AO 19671, an Advisory Opinion from the Committee on Open Government [https://docs.dos.ny.gov/coog/ftext/f19671.htm].
If your office has questions about this request or would like to discuss it for any reason, please contact this requester via the contact email address provided and feel free to follow up by phone: 617-299-1832. This request is being submitted to each policing agency in New York as part of a collaborative project led by MuckRock and involving multiple other educational and journalistic partners and participants. For this reason, over the lifetime of this request, your agency may interface with individuals not listed on this initial communication.
This request is being made in the public interest by a news organization as part of non-profit (not commercial) journalistic work and research on behalf of the public. In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request and as part of the necessary negotiations for successful processing. As far as it is possible, please fulfill elements of this request electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.
I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Beryl Lipton
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New York Freedom of Information Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 17, 2020. 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 York Freedom of Information Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 17, 2020. 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 York Freedom of Information Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 17, 2020. 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,
This request was initially sent to "police@villageofdolgeville.org" on June 17, 2020, but it has yet to be acknowledged. Could you please confirm that it has been received?
Thank you for your time and help.
Best wishes,
Beryl
_____
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the New York Freedom of Information Law, I hereby request the following records:
All materials and records describing and sufficient to show/disclose all allegations of misconduct made and all disciplinary proceedings taken against any officer, employee, or representative of this policing agency.
As described in the New York Freedom of Information Law, a record is "any information kept, held, filed, produced or reproduced by, with or for an agency or the state legislature, in any physical form whatsoever including, but not limited to, reports, statements, examinations, memoranda, opinions, folders, files, books, manuals, pamphlets, forms, papers, designs, drawings, maps, photos, letters, microfilms, computer tapes or discs, rules, regulations or codes." Records kept in a digital or electronic form are also records, would be responsive to this request, and should be provided.
These records are typically required to be retained under the New York State Records Retention and Disposition Schedule MU-1 (http://www.archives.nysed.gov/records/retention_mu-1), including, but not limited to, item no. 365, which includes: "Investigative records and disciplinary proceedings, including but not limited to statement of charge, transcript of hearing, notice of decision, letter of termination or resignation, letter of reinstatement, record of appeal procedure, and correspondence." While materials under that schedule have a set retention of 3 years after the final decision rendered, this request and materials responsive to it include *all* records held in the possession of any office or individual employed or formerly employed by this policing agency, including those kept off-site, in digital form, and in personnel files.
Please note that any failure to provide all potentially-responsive materials and/or the destruction of materials potentially responsive to this request would be a violation of the spirit of the New York Freedom of Information Law, as well as unlawful under the New York FOIL and the terms of the attached litigation hold notice.
Materials responsive to this request include — but are not limited to — all complaints, reports, records of discipline and penalties, aggregate collections of complaint and disciplinary materials (spreadsheets, databases), investigatory materials, relevant related correspondence, photographs, video, other related evidence, proof of discipline or fulfillment of penalties, and all personnel materials (including those used in promotion, contract, and other employment negotiations and considerations) that reference or utilize misconduct allegations or disciplinary materials of any sort.
Materials responsive to this request include all complaints— internal, external, and civilian — and include records disclosing the names, badge numbers, and personnel identification of each officer involved and/or serving as a witness, as well as all available details of the incident/complaint: date, time, location, nature of the incident, description of the incident, nature of the investigation, investigatory materials, the disposition of the case, and any subsequent materials related to the execution of any resultant discipline. Responsive materials include all complaints and allegations against any officer, employee, or representative of this policing agency, regardless of whether that complaint or allegation resulted in any investigation or disciplinary action.
Responsive materials also include all records of use of force by officers, including records disclosing the names, badge numbers, and personnel identification of each officer involved and/or serving as a witness, as well as all available details of the incident: date, time, location, nature of the incident, description of the incident, nature of the use of force, subsequent investigatory materials related to the use of force, the disposition of any investigation into the incident, and any subsequent materials related to the use of force.
Please provide materials on a rolling basis, beginning with materials created during the following timeframes:
• January 1, 2010 - June 15, 2020
• January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2010
• January 1, 1990 - January 1, 2000
• January 1, 1980 - January 1, 1990
• January 1, 1970 - January 1, 1980
Pursuant to NYCRR Section 1401.5(c)(1), should any of this request be unclear or lack sufficient description for your office, please provide direction that would enable this requester to request records reasonably described. Please also note that the New York FOIL states: "An agency shall not deny a request on the basis that the request is voluminous or that locating or reviewing the requested records or providing the requested copies is burdensome because the agency lacks sufficient staffing or on any other basis if the agency may engage an outside professional service to provide copying, programming or other services required to provide the copy...." Please also see FOIL AO 19671, an Advisory Opinion from the Committee on Open Government [https://docs.dos.ny.gov/coog/ftext/f19671.htm].
If your office has questions about this request or would like to discuss it for any reason, please contact this requester via the contact email address provided and feel free to follow up by phone: 617-299-1832. This request is being submitted to each policing agency in New York as part of a collaborative project led by MuckRock and involving multiple other educational and journalistic partners and participants. For this reason, over the lifetime of this request, your agency may interface with individuals not listed on this initial communication.
This request is being made in the public interest by a news organization as part of non-profit (not commercial) journalistic work and research on behalf of the public. In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request and as part of the necessary negotiations for successful processing. As far as it is possible, please fulfill elements of this request electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.
I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Beryl Lipton
From: Dolgeville Village Police Department
Foil request.
*Thank you and have a nice day.*
*Tammy L. Chmielewski*
*Village Clerk*
*email - clerk@villageofdolgeville.org <clerk@villageofdolgeville.org>*
*Village of Dolgeville*
*41 North Main Street*
*Dolgeville, NY 13329*
*Office Phone - 315-429-3112*
*Office Fax - 315-429-3113*
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From: <requests@muckrock.com>
Date: Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 1:00 AM
Subject: RE: New York Freedom of Information Law Request: Police department
misconduct allegations and disciplinary proceedings
To: <clerk@villageofdolgeville.org>
Cc: <police@villageofdolgeville.org>
Dolgeville Village Police Department
FOIL Office
41 North Main Street
Dolgeville, NY 13329
July 31, 2020
This is a follow up to a previous request:
Hello,
This request was initially sent to "police@villageofdolgeville.org" on June
17, 2020, but it has yet to be acknowledged. Could you please confirm that
it has been received?
Thank you for your time and help.
Best wishes,
Beryl
_____
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the New York Freedom of Information Law, I hereby request the
following records:
All materials and records describing and sufficient to show/disclose all
allegations of misconduct made and all disciplinary proceedings taken
against any officer, employee, or representative of this policing agency.
As described in the New York Freedom of Information Law, a record is "any
information kept, held, filed, produced or reproduced by, with or for an
agency or the state legislature, in any physical form whatsoever including,
but not limited to, reports, statements, examinations, memoranda, opinions,
folders, files, books, manuals, pamphlets, forms, papers, designs,
drawings, maps, photos, letters, microfilms, computer tapes or discs,
rules, regulations or codes." Records kept in a digital or electronic form
are also records, would be responsive to this request, and should be
provided.
These records are typically required to be retained under the New York
State Records Retention and Disposition Schedule MU-1 (
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/records/retention_mu-1), including, but not
limited to, item no. 365, which includes: "Investigative records and
disciplinary proceedings, including but not limited to statement of charge,
transcript of hearing, notice of decision, letter of termination or
resignation, letter of reinstatement, record of appeal procedure, and
correspondence." While materials under that schedule have a set retention
of 3 years after the final decision rendered, this request and materials
responsive to it include *all* records held in the possession of any office
or individual employed or formerly employed by this policing agency,
including those kept off-site, in digital form, and in personnel files.
Please note that any failure to provide all potentially-responsive
materials and/or the destruction of materials potentially responsive to
this request would be a violation of the spirit of the New York Freedom of
Information Law, as well as unlawful under the New York FOIL and the terms
of the attached litigation hold notice.
Materials responsive to this request include — but are not limited to — all
complaints, reports, records of discipline and penalties, aggregate
collections of complaint and disciplinary materials (spreadsheets,
databases), investigatory materials, relevant related correspondence,
photographs, video, other related evidence, proof of discipline or
fulfillment of penalties, and all personnel materials (including those used
in promotion, contract, and other employment negotiations and
considerations) that reference or utilize misconduct allegations or
disciplinary materials of any sort.
Materials responsive to this request include all complaints— internal,
external, and civilian — and include records disclosing the names, badge
numbers, and personnel identification of each officer involved and/or
serving as a witness, as well as all available details of the
incident/complaint: date, time, location, nature of the incident,
description of the incident, nature of the investigation, investigatory
materials, the disposition of the case, and any subsequent materials
related to the execution of any resultant discipline. Responsive materials
include all complaints and allegations against any officer, employee, or
representative of this policing agency, regardless of whether that
complaint or allegation resulted in any investigation or disciplinary
action.
Responsive materials also include all records of use of force by officers,
including records disclosing the names, badge numbers, and personnel
identification of each officer involved and/or serving as a witness, as
well as all available details of the incident: date, time, location, nature
of the incident, description of the incident, nature of the use of force,
subsequent investigatory materials related to the use of force, the
disposition of any investigation into the incident, and any subsequent
materials related to the use of force.
Please provide materials on a rolling basis, beginning with materials
created during the following timeframes:
• January 1, 2010 - June 15, 2020
• January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2010
• January 1, 1990 - January 1, 2000
• January 1, 1980 - January 1, 1990
• January 1, 1970 - January 1, 1980
Pursuant to NYCRR Section 1401.5(c)(1), should any of this request be
unclear or lack sufficient description for your office, please provide
direction that would enable this requester to request records reasonably
described. Please also note that the New York FOIL states: "An agency shall
not deny a request on the basis that the request is voluminous or that
locating or reviewing the requested records or providing the requested
copies is burdensome because the agency lacks sufficient staffing or on any
other basis if the agency may engage an outside professional service to
provide copying, programming or other services required to provide the
copy...." Please also see FOIL AO 19671, an Advisory Opinion from the
Committee on Open Government [https://docs.dos.ny.gov/coog/ftext/f19671.htm
].
If your office has questions about this request or would like to discuss it
for any reason, please contact this requester via the contact email address
provided and feel free to follow up by phone: 617-299-1832. This request is
being submitted to each policing agency in New York as part of a
collaborative project led by MuckRock and involving multiple other
educational and journalistic partners and participants. For this reason,
over the lifetime of this request, your agency may interface with
individuals not listed on this initial communication.
This request is being made in the public interest by a news organization as
part of non-profit (not commercial) journalistic work and research on
behalf of the public. In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful
if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my
request and as part of the necessary negotiations for successful
processing. As far as it is possible, please fulfill elements of this
request electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.
I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business
days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Beryl Lipton
Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com
Upload documents directly:
https://www.muckrock.com/
Is this email coming to the wrong contact? Something else wrong? Use the
above link to let us know.
For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 95993
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516
PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is
being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share,
and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed
(i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the
department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.
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On June 17, 2020:
Subject: New York Freedom of Information Law Request: Police department
misconduct allegations and disciplinary proceedings
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the New York Freedom of Information Law, I hereby request the
following records:
All materials and records describing and sufficient to show/disclose all
allegations of misconduct made and all disciplinary proceedings taken
against any officer, employee, or representative of this policing agency.
As described in the New York Freedom of Information Law, a record is "any
information kept, held, filed, produced or reproduced by, with or for an
agency or the state legislature, in any physical form whatsoever including,
but not limited to, reports, statements, examinations, memoranda, opinions,
folders, files, books, manuals, pamphlets, forms, papers, designs,
drawings, maps, photos, letters, microfilms, computer tapes or discs,
rules, regulations or codes." Records kept in a digital or electronic form
are also records, would be responsive to this request, and should be
provided.
These records are typically required to be retained under the New York
State Records Retention and Disposition Schedule MU-1 (
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/records/retention_mu-1), including, but not
limited to, item no. 365, which includes: "Investigative records and
disciplinary proceedings, including but not limited to statement of charge,
transcript of hearing, notice of decision, letter of termination or
resignation, letter of reinstatement, record of appeal procedure, and
correspondence." While materials under that schedule have a set retention
of 3 years after the final decision rendered, this request and materials
responsive to it include *all* records held in the possession of any office
or individual employed or formerly employed by this policing agency,
including those kept off-site, in digital form, and in personnel files.
Please note that any failure to provide all potentially-responsive
materials and/or the destruction of materials potentially responsive to
this request would be a violation of the spirit of the New York Freedom of
Information Law, as well as unlawful under the New York FOIL and the terms
of the attached litigation hold notice.
Materials responsive to this request include — but are not limited to — all
complaints, reports, records of discipline and penalties, aggregate
collections of complaint and disciplinary materials (spreadsheets,
databases), investigatory materials, relevant related correspondence,
photographs, video, other related evidence, proof of discipline or
fulfillment of penalties, and all personnel materials (including those used
in promotion, contract, and other employment negotiations and
considerations) that reference or utilize misconduct allegations or
disciplinary materials of any sort.
Materials responsive to this request include all complaints— internal,
external, and civilian — and include records disclosing the names, badge
numbers, and personnel identification of each officer involved and/or
serving as a witness, as well as all available details of the
incident/complaint: date, time, location, nature of the incident,
description of the incident, nature of the investigation, investigatory
materials, the disposition of the case, and any subsequent materials
related to the execution of any resultant discipline. Responsive materials
include all complaints and allegations against any officer, employee, or
representative of this policing agency, regardless of whether that
complaint or allegation resulted in any investigation or disciplinary
action.
Responsive materials also include all records of use of force by officers,
including records disclosing the names, badge numbers, and personnel
identification of each officer involved and/or serving as a witness, as
well as all available details of the incident: date, time, location, nature
of the incident, description of the incident, nature of the use of force,
subsequent investigatory materials related to the use of force, the
disposition of any investigation into the incident, and any subsequent
materials related to the use of force.
Please provide materials on a rolling basis, beginning with materials
created during the following timeframes:
• January 1, 2010 - June 15, 2020
• January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2010
• January 1, 1990 - January 1, 2000
• January 1, 1980 - January 1, 1990
• January 1, 1970 - January 1, 1980
Pursuant to NYCRR Section 1401.5(c)(1), should any of this request be
unclear or lack sufficient description for your office, please provide
direction that would enable this requester to request records reasonably
described. Please also note that the New York FOIL states: "An agency shall
not deny a request on the basis that the request is voluminous or that
locating or reviewing the requested records or providing the requested
copies is burdensome because the agency lacks sufficient staffing or on any
other basis if the agency may engage an outside professional service to
provide copying, programming or other services required to provide the
copy...." Please also see FOIL AO 19671, an Advisory Opinion from the
Committee on Open Government [https://docs.dos.ny.gov/coog/ftext/f19671.htm].
If your office has questions about this request or would like to discuss it
for any reason, please contact this requester via the contact email address
provided and feel free to follow up by phone: 617-299-1832. This request is
being submitted to each policing agency in New York as part of a
collaborative project led by MuckRock and involving multiple other
educational and journalistic partners and participants. For this reason,
over the lifetime of this request, your agency may interface with
individuals not listed on this initial communication.
This request is being made in the public interest by a news organization as
part of non-profit (not commercial) journalistic work and research on
behalf of the public. In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful
if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my
request and as part of the necessary negotiations for successful
processing. As far as it is possible, please fulfill elements of this
request electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.
I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business
days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Beryl Lipton
Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com
Upload documents directly:
https://www.muckrock.com/
Is this email coming to the wrong contact? Something else wrong? Use the
above link to let us know.
For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 95993
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516
PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is
being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share,
and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed
(i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the
department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New York Freedom of Information Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 17, 2020. 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: Dolgeville Village Police Department
Bob, do you have any information?
*Thank you and have a nice day.*
*Tammy L. Chmielewski*
*Village Clerk*
*email - clerk@villageofdolgeville.org <clerk@villageofdolgeville.org>*
*Village of Dolgeville*
*41 North Main Street*
*Dolgeville, NY 13329*
*Office Phone - 315-429-3112*
*Office Fax - 315-429-3113*
From: Beryl Lipton
Hello Chief Thomas,
I'd like to follow up on this Freedom of Information Law request. Please find below an updated version of my previously-submitted FOIL request. This version provides additional specificity about the requested information. This request is being made as part of a statewide survey for reporting purposes, and I'm happy to discuss any concerns or questions you may have. I understand if not all responsive records are available for the entire timespan of the request. Please let me know if I should call about this request.
Thank you so much for your time and help.
Best wishes,
Beryl
_____________
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the New York Freedom of Information Law, I hereby request the following records:
All materials and records describing and sufficient to show/disclose all law enforcement disciplinary records, including materials on allegations of misconduct made and all disciplinary proceedings taken against any law enforcement officer currently or formerly in the employ of this policing agency.
For a more specific definition of the term “law enforcement disciplinary record,” please see Section 86 of the New York Public Officers Law. For a more specific definition of the term “law enforcement officer,” please refer to the definitions of peace officer found in subdivisions twenty-three and twenty-three-a of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law and subdivision twenty-four of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, as well as the definition of police officer found in section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law.
As described in the New York Freedom of Information Law, a record is:
"any information kept, held, filed, produced or reproduced by, with or for an agency or the state legislature, in any physical form whatsoever including, but not limited to, reports, statements, examinations, memoranda, opinions, folders, files, books, manuals, pamphlets, forms, papers, designs, drawings, maps, photos, letters, microfilms, computer tapes or discs, rules, regulations or codes."
Records kept in a digital or electronic form are also records, would be responsive to this request, and should be provided.
The request records are typically required to be retained, in part, under the New York State Records Retention and Disposition Schedule MU-1 (http://www.archives.nysed.gov/records/retention_mu-1), including, but not limited to, item no. 365, which includes:
"Investigative records and disciplinary proceedings, including but not limited to statement of charge, transcript of hearing, notice of decision, letter of termination or resignation, letter of reinstatement, record of appeal procedure, and correspondence."
While materials under that schedule have a set retention of 3 years after the final decision rendered, this request and materials responsive to it include *all* records held in the possession of any office or individual employed or formerly employed by this policing agency, including those kept off-site, in digital form, and in personnel files.
Please note that any failure to provide all potentially-responsive materials and/or the destruction of materials potentially responsive to this request would be a violation of the spirit of the New York Freedom of Information Law, as well as unlawful under the New York FOIL and the terms of the previously-submitted litigation hold notice.
Materials responsive to this request include — but are not limited to — all complaints, reports, records of discipline and penalties, aggregate collections of complaint and disciplinary materials (spreadsheets, databases), investigatory materials, relevant related correspondence, photographs, video, other related evidence, proof of discipline or fulfillment of penalties, and all personnel materials (including those used in promotion, contract, and other employment negotiations and considerations) that reference or utilize misconduct allegations or disciplinary materials of any sort.
Materials responsive to this request include all complaints— internal, external, and civilian — and include records disclosing the names, badge numbers, and personnel identification of each officer involved and/or serving as a witness, as well as all available details of the incident/complaint: date, time, location, nature of the incident, description of the incident, nature of the investigation, investigatory materials, the disposition of the case, and any subsequent materials related to the execution of any resultant discipline. Responsive materials include all complaints and allegations against any officer, employee, or representative of this policing agency, regardless of whether that complaint or allegation resulted in any investigation or disciplinary action.
Responsive materials also include all records of use of force by officers, including records disclosing the names, badge numbers, and personnel identification of each officer involved and/or serving as a witness, as well as all available details of the incident: date, time, location, nature of the incident, description of the incident, nature of the use of force, subsequent investigatory materials related to the use of force, the disposition of any investigation into the incident, and any subsequent materials related to the use of force.
Please provide materials on a rolling basis, beginning with materials created during the following timeframes:
• January 1, 2010 - November 30, 2020
• January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2010
• January 1, 1990 - January 1, 2000
• January 1, 1980 - January 1, 1990
• January 1, 1970 - January 1, 1980
If materials are not available for the requested timeframes, please let me know for which periods they are available. We understand that not all recordkeeping systems facilitate convenient access to some materials.
Pursuant to NYCRR Section 1401.5(c)(1), should any of this request be unclear or lack sufficient description for your office, please provide direction that would enable this requester to request records reasonably described. Please also note that the New York FOIL states:
"An agency shall not deny a request on the basis that the request is voluminous or that locating or reviewing the requested records or providing the requested copies is burdensome because the agency lacks sufficient staffing or on any other basis if the agency may engage an outside professional service to provide copying, programming or other services required to provide the copy...."
Please also see FOIL AO 19671, an Advisory Opinion from the Committee on Open Government [https://docs.dos.ny.gov/coog/ftext/f19671.htm].
If your office has questions about this request or would like to discuss it for any reason, please contact this requester via the contact email address provided and feel free to follow up by phone: 617-299-1832.
This request is being submitted to each policing agency in New York as part of a collaborative project led by MuckRock and involving multiple other educational and journalistic partners and participants. For this reason, over the lifetime of this request, your agency may interface with individuals not listed on this initial communication.
This request is being made in the public interest by a news organization as part of non-profit (not commercial) journalistic work and research on behalf of the public. In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request and as part of the necessary negotiations for successful processing.
As far as it is possible, please fulfill elements of this request electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.
I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Beryl Lipton
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From: Beryl Lipton
Hello there —
I haven't received an update about this FOIL request since last summer. Could you please let me know where processing currently stands and if you have any questions for me?
Thanks so much for your time and help.
Best wishes,
Beryl
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From: Beryl Lipton
Hi there —
I never received a formal acknowledgement for this request. Could you please confirm that it is being processed?
Thanks so much,
Beryl
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From: Dolgeville Village Police Department
Please be advised we have a new Chief of Police - Matthew Wright - email -
mwright.dpd@gmail.com.
Please remove rthomas.dpd@gmail.com
*Thank you and have a nice day.*
*Tammy L. Chmielewski*
*Village Clerk*
*email - clerk@villageofdolgeville.org <clerk@villageofdolgeville.org>*
*Village of Dolgeville*
*41 North Main Street*
*Dolgeville, NY 13329*
*Office Phone - 315-429-3112*
*Office Fax - 315-429-3113*
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