Hawaii police roster 2023-3-3
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| Submitted | March 4, 2023 |
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From: Sam Stecklow
To Whom It May Concern:
This is a public records request made via MuckRock under the Hawaii Uniform Information Practices Act, seeking records related to law enforcement officer employment rosters in this state.
This request is brought by Big Local News along with a collaboration of news organizations, including ABC News, KQED, MuckRock, the Invisible Institute and other news organizations. Big Local News is a program of Stanford University’s Journalism and Democracy Initiative and helps journalists collect, process and analyze public data.
We are seeking any datasets, databases, and/or spreadsheets sufficient to show the following information regarding every current or former sworn employee of the Hawaii Police Department, year-by-year, dating back however far as the data exist for:
First name
Middle name or initial
Last name
Unique employee identification number
Star or badge number
Race
Gender
Year of birth
Rank
Troop assignment
Unit assignment
Division assignment (Patrol, Investigations, Support, etc.)
Hire date
Separation date, if applicable
Reason for separation, if applicable
If your certification/roster system contains data elements not listed above, please include them in the response, provided they are releasable under the law. On the other hand, we recognize some of the information we are asking for may not be tracked by your system. If that is the case, we are willing to accept as many of the data elements as your agency maintains. If some records are more readily available, we are happy to receive partial information as soon as possible while the remaining request is processed.
In addition to the data elements listed, we request documentation necessary to understand and interpret the data, including but not limited to record layouts, data dictionaries, code sheets, lookup tables, etc.
Our preference is to receive structured data provided in a machine-readable text file, such as delimited or fixed-width formats. We can also handle a variety of other data formats including SQL databases, Excel workbooks and MS Access. If there are additional formats your agency would prefer to provide, please let us know.
We are seeking this information as a news media organization on a matter of public interest concerning the conduct of government. As such, we ask for a waiver of all fees, if allowed under state law. If fees are necessary to reimburse the agency for actual costs, we agree to pay up to $100. If costs exceed that amount, please let us know before fulfilling the request.
Please send clarifications and questions via electronic communication at any time. Thank you very much for your time and attention to this request.
Sam Stecklow
Journalist
Invisible Institute
From: Hawaii Police Department
Dear Mr. Stecklow:
The Office of Information Practices (OIP) administers Hawaii’s open meetings law at part I of chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), and open records laws at chapter 92F, HRS. OIP does not maintain the records of other agencies and does not have any records responsive to your request. If you wish to obtain access to a government record, you must request access to that record directly from the agency that maintains the record. Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) §§ 2-71-11 and -12. After you have done the above, and if the agency does not respond to your request within the time allowed under chapter 2-71, HAR, generally 10 business days, you may ask OIP for assistance. HRS § 92F-42.
You should make your record request directly to the Hawaii County Police Department. The Hawaii County Police Department’s email address is copsysop@hawaiicounty.gov<mailto:copsysop@hawaiicounty.gov>.
Thank you.
Robert Shimizu
Staff Attorney
Office of Information Practices
State of Hawaii
No. 1 Capitol District Building
250 S. Hotel Street, #107
Honolulu, HI 96813
Ph.: (808) 586-1400
Facsimile: (808) 586-1412
Email: oip@hawaii.gov<mailto:oip@hawaii.gov>
Website: http://oip.hawaii.gov<http://oip.hawaii.gov/>
This e-mail has been sent under OIP’s “Attorney of the Day” (AOD) service. The AOD service allows anyone to ask an OIP attorney any UIPA or Sunshine Law question (chapter 92F, and part I of chapter 92, HRS). AOD advice is non-binding, general, informal guidance to the public and to agency and board personnel, and does not have the precedential value of OIP’s formal opinions.
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~WRD0001
From: Sam Stecklow
To Whom It May Concern:
This is a public records request made via MuckRock under the Hawaii Uniform Information Practices Act, seeking records related to law enforcement officer employment rosters in this state.
This request is brought by Big Local News along with a collaboration of news organizations, including ABC News, KQED, MuckRock, the Invisible Institute and other news organizations. Big Local News is a program of Stanford University’s Journalism and Democracy Initiative and helps journalists collect, process and analyze public data.
We are seeking any datasets, databases, and/or spreadsheets sufficient to show the following information regarding every current or former sworn employee of the Hawaii Police Department, year-by-year, dating back however far as the data exist for:
First name
Middle name or initial
Last name
Unique employee identification number
Star or badge number
Race
Gender
Year of birth
Rank
Troop assignment
Unit assignment
Division assignment (Patrol, Investigations, Support, etc.)
Hire date
Separation date, if applicable
Reason for separation, if applicable
If your certification/roster system contains data elements not listed above, please include them in the response, provided they are releasable under the law. On the other hand, we recognize some of the information we are asking for may not be tracked by your system. If that is the case, we are willing to accept as many of the data elements as your agency maintains. If some records are more readily available, we are happy to receive partial information as soon as possible while the remaining request is processed.
In addition to the data elements listed, we request documentation necessary to understand and interpret the data, including but not limited to record layouts, data dictionaries, code sheets, lookup tables, etc.
Our preference is to receive structured data provided in a machine-readable text file, such as delimited or fixed-width formats. We can also handle a variety of other data formats including SQL databases, Excel workbooks and MS Access. If there are additional formats your agency would prefer to provide, please let us know.
We are seeking this information as a news media organization on a matter of public interest concerning the conduct of government. As such, we ask for a waiver of all fees, if allowed under state law. If fees are necessary to reimburse the agency for actual costs, we agree to pay up to $100. If costs exceed that amount, please let us know before fulfilling the request.
Please send clarifications and questions via electronic communication at any time. Thank you very much for your time and attention to this request.
Sam Stecklow
Journalist
Invisible Institute
From: Hawaii Police Department
Mr. Stecklow,
This is to inform you that the Hawai’i Police Department has received your email request; as such, attached is an Acknowledgment To Requester form.
Thank you,
Lisa A. A. Nuniez
Human Resources Program Specialist
Hawai’i Police Department
Human Resources Section
349 Kapiolani Street
Hilo, Hawai’i 96720
Ph: (808) 961-2267
Fax: (808) 961-8889
Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient (s) or entity to whom/which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited if you are not the intended recipient. If you think you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail or telephone (808) 961-2267, and delete the original message. Thank you.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Hawaii Uniform Information Practices Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 6, 2023. 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 Hawaii Uniform Information Practices Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 6, 2023. 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: Hawaii Police Department
Lisa A. A. Nuniez
Human Resources Program Specialist
Hawai’i Police Department
Human Resources Section
349 Kapiolani Street
Hilo, Hawai’i 96720
Ph: (808) 961-2267
Fax: (808) 961-8889
Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient (s) or entity to whom/which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited if you are not the intended recipient. If you think you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail or telephone (808) 961-2267, and delete the original message. Thank you.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Hawaii Uniform Information Practices Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 6, 2023. 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 Hawaii Uniform Information Practices Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 6, 2023. 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: Hawaii Police Department
A copy of documents responsive to the request.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Hawaii Uniform Information Practices Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 6, 2023. 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: Hawaii Police Department
I am responding to your email below.
On May 15, 2023, a letter was written in response to your request along with attachments which were mailed to the following:
Sam Stecklow
Journalist, Invisible Institute
MuckRock New
DEPT MR 141855
263 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Certified Mail Receipt No. 7003 1680 0002 3341 8729, stamped by USPS (Hilo, HI 96720) on May 25, 2023.
Thank you,
Lisa A. A. Nuniez
Human Resources Program Specialist
Hawai’i Police Department
Human Resources Section
349 Kapiolani Street
Hilo, Hawai’i 96720
Ph: (808) 961-2267
Fax: (808) 961-8889
Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient (s) or entity to whom/which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited if you are not the intended recipient. If you think you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail or telephone (808) 961-2267, and delete the original message. Thank you.
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