Police union contract/collective bargaining agreement (Harford County Sheriff)

THIS WAS FORWARED TO PIA

Beryl Lipton,

I have received your request and will process accordingly.

Thank you.

Michelle Hanks

PIA Liaison

Harford County Sheriff
PIA Office
P.O. BOX 150
BEL AIR, MD 21014-0150

August 18, 2020

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Maryland Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

A copy of the current collective bargaining agreement (also known as a collective agreement or a union contract) between this department/agency and the local police union/fraternal order/benevolent association (or similar/equivalent organization). This includes any and all memorandums of understanding or similar agreements. Please provide all associated addendums, amendments, appendices, exhibits, and other supplemental and supporting documents.

Here are examples of responsive materials provided by other agencies in response to similar requests:
https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2018/02/27/2-21-18_MR18491_RES_IDC000697-022018.pdf (Long Beach, California)
https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2015/08/24/Collective_Bargaining_Agreement_1.pdf (St. Louis, Missouri)
https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2015/12/14/TPPA_2015-2017.pdf (Toledo, Ohio)
https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2020/07/17/2020-134_2020-02-18_Meet___Confer_Agreement_Waco_Police_Association.pdf (Waco, Texas)

This request is being submitted as a collaborative research effort in the public interest. It is being submitted to your agency partially due to public feedback that your locality should be included in this work. This request is being submitted in the public interest and without any commercial interest.

We will appreciate that your agency assesses any necessary fees according to the public and academic interest with which this request is being made. 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 be filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not. There is also an upload link provided as part of the electronic version of this message that we encourage your agency to use to transfer files.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.

I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Beryl Lipton

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Beryl Lipton,

I received your request for a copy of the current collective bargaining agreement (also known as a collective agreement or a union contract) between this department/agency and the local police union/fraternal order/benevolent association on August 18, 2020.

I am referring you to Jennifer Davis with the Harford County Executive Office to obtain this information. The Sheriff's Office has no legislatively mandated collective bargaining agreement with Deputy's Union. The agreement is with the County and the Union.

Jennifer Davis
220 S. Main St
Bel Air, MD 21014
jmdavis@harfordcountymd.gov<mailto:jmdavis@harfordcountymd.gov>

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Thank you.

Michelle Hanks
PIA Liaison

Please see my below response that is referring you to the Jennifer Davis with the County. Her information is listed below.

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Thank you.

Michelle Hanks
PIA Liaison