Missing Native Americans

Urban Indigenous Collective filed this request with the Fulton County Sheriff's Department of Fulton County, NY.
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From: Urban Indigenous Collective

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the New York Freedom of Information Law, I hereby request the following records:

Basic information on all cases (open and closed) of missing American Indian/Alaska Native persons (including juveniles) within your region, from 2000 through 2021; this basic information can include but is not limited to: person name, age, DOB, incident date, case closure date, county/jurisdiction in which person was reported missing.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

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. I would prefer the request filled 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,

Urban Indigenous Collective

From: Fulton County Sheriff's Department

A search of the records at the Fulton County Sheriff's Office was made in response to your request for records related to Missing American Indian/Alaska Native Reports.

Our record search consists solely of incidents handled by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office and do not include law enforcement records from local municipalities within Fulton County or other areas of New York State.

A search of the records from January 1, 2000 to present shows the Fulton County Sheriff's Office did not investigate any missing persons involving American Indian/Alaska Native during that time frame.

Deputy Kevin Lenahan
Fulton County Sheriff's Office

From: Urban Indigenous Collective

Thank you for replying back to our FOIL request,

We have a few follow-up questions based on your response:
1. Is there a particular reason as to why you do not keep records within your jurisdiction?
2. Is the reason applicable to murder cases? In other words, do you not file murder cases within your jurisdiction?

Thank you in advance for your anticipated participation in the matter.

Sincerely,

Urban Indigenous Collective

From: Fulton County Sheriff's Department

We do keep records in our jurisdiction and we do investigate and file reports in murder investigation.

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