Police Officers Living in Public Housing (Haverhill Police Department)

From: Laurie Brown
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2021 3:17 PM
To: requests@muckrock.com
Cc: Captain Michael J. Wrenn <mwrenn@haverhillpolice.com>
Subject: FW: External Message RE: Massachusetts Public Records Law Request: Police Officers Living in Public Housing (Haverhill Police Department)

Dear Joshua,

Your inquiry as to when you can expect your Massachusetts Public Records Law request originally submitted on March 20, 2021 has been forwarded to me. You requested through the FOIA portal the City of Haverhill uses for requests. Your FOIA request numbers were 2021-1804 and 2021-1805. It was a duplicate request so 2021-1804 was closed. Request 2021-1805 was completed and emailed to you on April 14, 2021 at 12:31 pm to the email your entered in your request. I can access the original request in FOIA and resend it since you are stating you did not receive it. My suggestion is to check your junk mail.

Please confirm with me that you received this email as well as the email I am going to resend through the FOIA system. You can also contact me at 978-722-1520 if you have any questions.

Regards,

Laurie A. Brown
Laurie A. Brown
Records Clerk
Haverhill Police Department
40 Bailey Blvd.
Haverhill, MA 01830
978.373.1212 ext. 1520
978.374.2401 fax
lbrown@haverhillpolice.com<mailto:lbrown@haverhillpolice.com>

From: Captain Michael J. Wrenn <mwrenn@haverhillpolice.com<mailto:mwrenn@haverhillpolice.com>>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2021 3:00 PM
To: Laurie Brown <LBrown@haverhillpolice.com<mailto:LBrown@haverhillpolice.com>>
Subject: FW: External Message RE: Massachusetts Public Records Law Request: Police Officers Living in Public Housing (Haverhill Police Department)

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Haverhill Police Department
PRL Office
40 Bailey Boulevard
Haverhill, MA 01830

May 13, 2021

This is a follow up to a previous request:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Massachusetts Public Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 30, 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.

View request history, upload responsive documents, and report problems here:
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Filed via MuckRock.com
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For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 110524
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 March 30, 2021:
Subject: Massachusetts Public Records Law Request: Police Officers Living in Public Housing (Haverhill Police Department)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

1. Rules, policies, or other practice documents concerning residency restrictions for police officers, command staff, and other police staff. If residency restrictions allow for a waiver, then records for each year from 2016 through 2021 that reflect
(a) the number of residency rule waivers applied,
(b) the stated reason for the residency waiver, and
(c) the outcome of the residency waiver.

2. Rules, policies, or other practice documents from your municipality that lay out whether police department staff (including officers) can receive housing subsidies and/or live in public housing, even if they do not qualify under the income guidelines.

3. Records that indicate for each year from 2016 through 2021 how many police department staff (including officers and staff of all ranks) live in public housing, and the name of the housing development where the officer lives. This can either be a snapshot on January 1st of each year 2016 through 2021, or a summary of the entire period

4. Records that indicate housing allowances or other subsidized housing (not already covered in question 3 above) provided to police department staff (including officers and command staff) in your or another municipality.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by the recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

I expect the request to be filled in an accessible format, including for screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to read print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.

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 10 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Joshua Dankoff

View request history, upload responsive documents, and report problems here:
https://www.muckrock.com/

Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>

For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 110524
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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Dear Joshua,

Your inquiry as to when you can expect your Massachusetts Public Records Law request originally submitted on March 20, 2021 has been forwarded to me. You requested through the FOIA portal the City of Haverhill uses for requests. Your FOIA request numbers were 2021-1804 and 2021-1805. It was a duplicate request so 2021-1804 was closed. Request 2021-1805 was completed and emailed to you on April 14, 2021 at 12:31 pm to the email your entered in your request. I can access the original request in FOIA and resend it since you are stating you did not receive it. My suggestion is to check your junk mail.

Please confirm with me that you received this email as well as the email I am going to resend through the FOIA system. You can also contact me at 978-722-1520 if you have any questions.
Regards,

Laurie A. Brown
Laurie A. Brown
Records Clerk
Haverhill Police Department
40 Bailey Blvd.
Haverhill, MA 01830