Hudson NY data collection

Samuel Sinyangwe filed this request with the Hudson Police Department of Hudson, NY.
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22-2598

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Completed

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From: Samuel Sinyangwe

To Whom It May Concern:

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

A. The total number of civilian complaints alleging any form of law enforcement misconduct that were reported and the total number sustained each year from 2016-21, separated by type of allegation (i.e. excessive force, criminal allegations, racial bias, etc).

B. The total number of use of force incidents from 2016-21, including the type of force used, demographics of the officers and subjects, any injuries sustained and the outcome of the incident.

C. Calls for service by type of call, response type and disposition (e.g. arrest and arrest code or type or arrest - misdemeanor or felony, citation, warning). Please include demographics (age, gender, race/ethnicity) of those contacted by dispatched police. Specifically we request the following information for 2016-21:

1. Call Type - or reason for the call, can be a code or a narrative description of the call
2. Call logistics details including date and time initiated and location
3. Call Response - who was dispatched and how many were dispatched
4. Call Disposition - response (what action was taken). This can be an arrest, arrest code, narrative description, citation, warning, referral, or something else).
5. Call Demographics - Who was interacted with as a result of the call including the number of people and their demographics (race/ethnicity, gender, etc)
6. Call end or resolution - date and time resolved
7. Disposition code descriptions (a narrative description of codes used) - If disposition includes an arrest, provide linking information from the call for service to the booking or arrest data

When available, I would appreciate being sent individualized data for each item in this request in spreadsheet format. If individualized data are unavailable, please send information that includes aggregate statistics for the item instead.

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,

Samuel Sinyangwe

From: Hudson Police Department

In response to your FOIL request below received by this office on 5/10/2022, please be advised that the City of Hudson is working to gather the responsive document(s) and are reviewing same to ensure disclosure is in accordance with Freedom of Information Law. To that end, the City Clerk's Office anticipates a response to your request, either granting or denying whole or in part, to be completed on or before 6/15/2022.

Tracy S. Delaney
City Clerk
Registrar of Vital Statistics
Records Access Officer
City of Hudson
City Hall
520 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534

From: Hudson Police Department

In response to the FOIL request below, received by this office on 5/10/2022, please be advised that we continue to work to compile the responsive documents and will be reviewing same to ensure disclosure is in accordance with Freedom of Information Law. To that end, we anticipate a response to the request, either granting or denying in whole or in part, to be completed on or before July 29, 2022.

Tracy S. Delaney
City Clerk
Registrar of Vital Statistics
Records Access Officer
City of Hudson
City Hall
520 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534

From: Hudson Police Department

Please see attached email dated 6/15/2022 and also referenced below.

Tracy S. Delaney
City Clerk
Registrar of Vital Statistics
Records Access Officer
City of Hudson
City Hall
520 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534

From: Hudson Police Department

Dear Samuel Sinyangwe,

Please find attached correspondence from the Hudson Police Department regarding the below FOIL request.

Kind regards,

Cherri Hirsch
Account Clerk
City of Hudson
520 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel. 518-828-1030
Fax. 518-828-3103

From: Samuel Sinyangwe


To Whom It May Concern:

Please find enclosed a check for $602.00 to satisfy the fee associated with the attached public records request.

Thank you.

Check sent by Muckrock Staff

Pay to the order of:

Hudson Police Department
FOIL Office
701A Union Street
Hudson, NY 12534

#10498
Amount of: $602.00
  • Created — 07/21/2022
  • In Transit — 07/27/2022
  • In Local Area
  • Processed For Delivery — 07/28/2022
  • Deposited — 09/15/2022

From: Hudson Police Department

To whom it may concern,
We have not received payment yet. Please confirm the address the check was mailed to?

Kind regards,

Cherri Hirsch
Account Clerk
City of Hudson
520 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel. 518-828-1030
Fax. 518-828-3103

From: Hudson Police Department

To whom it may concern,
The check has been located. It was mailed, incorrectly again I might add, to the wrong address. The check should have been mailed to:

City of Hudson
City Clerk's Office/Record Access Officer
520 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534

PLEASE CORRECT YOUR RECORD FOR FUTURE REQUESTS!

Kind regards,

Cherri Hirsch
Account Clerk
City of Hudson
520 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel. 518-828-1030
Fax. 518-828-3103

From: Hudson Police Department

1. In the email attached please find a letter from the Hudson Police Department, Records from 2016 and 2017 as requested (also as per the letter from the Hudson Police Department "due to the large number of records located responsive to your request, copies of records will be provided to you on a rolling basis as they become available.")
2. Complaint Log
3. Arrested persons by race

Kind regards,

Cherri Hirsch
Account Clerk
City of Hudson
520 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel. 518-828-1030
Fax. 518-828-3103

From: Samuel Sinyangwe

Thanks for sending these initial documents. Do have an estimate for when the remainder of the 2,408 documents I was invoiced for will be provided?

Thanks,

Sam

From: Hudson Police Department

The Police Department Clerk is working on redacting the responsive documents.
Once completed, the documents will be forward to the Clerk's Office for the final review prior to releasing the documents.
Final review by the Clerk's Office will only take about a day or two.

Kind regards,

Cherri Hirsch
Account Clerk
City of Hudson
520 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel. 518-828-1030
Fax. 518-828-3103

From: Hudson Police Department

Here are the records for 2018 and 2019 for this request as well as a cover letter.

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Cherri Hirsch
Account Clerk
City of Hudson
520 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel. 518-828-1030
Fax. 518-828-3103

From: Hudson Police Department

Dear Samuel Sinyangwe,

Responsive documents for 2021.

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Kind regards,

Cherri Hirsch
Account Clerk
City of Hudson
520 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel. 518-828-1030
Fax. 518-828-3103

From: Hudson Police Department

Samuel Sinyangwe,
Attached please find the records for 2020.

This FOIL should now be completed.

Kind regards

Cherri Hirsch
Account Clerk
City of Hudson
520 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel. 518-828-1030
Fax. 518-828-3103
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