NH police budget and employment data (Merrimack County) (Loudon Police Department)
Multi Request | NH police budget and employment data (Merrimack County) |
Submitted | June 24, 2021 |
Est. Completion | None |
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From: Granite State News Collaborative
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the New Hampshire Right to Know Law, I respectfully request the following records related to this municipality's police department hiring, employment, and funding for the budget years 2000 through 2020:
BUDGET and FUNDING DATA - Records sufficient to show funding for municipal law enforcement offices and activities for the years 2000 through 2020.
If possible, please provide the itemized budget allocated for public safety and police department activities for each year, as well as records sufficient to show any additional funding received through other means, including but not limited to:
• funds for capital expenditures
• grants
• donations
HIRING and EMPLOYMENT DATA - Records sufficient to show the following data regarding police department employment for the years 2000 through 2020.
• The number of employed law enforcement officers (as defined by RSA 105-D:1). Please provide the date on which the provided numbers were accurate.
• Annual demographic information (age, race, gender) of law enforcement officers employed by this municipality
• Annual demographic information (age, race, gender) of any individual employed in a position of leadership within this municipality’s public safety or law enforcement department
If any of the requested information is available in aggregate form, provision of this aggregate information by year would likely satisfy this request. If there are any known caveats involved with the data and information your office is able to provide, I would really appreciate it if you could share them with me.
*Please note* that if any of the requested information is held by another office or agency, direction to the appropriate office would be greatly appreciated.
This request is being made on behalf of the Concord Monitor through the statewide nonprofit Granite State News Collaborative. This request is not being made for commercial purposes. It is being made as part of a journalistic data collection effort to benefit news organizations and the public good throughout the State of New Hampshire.
If your office anticipates that fees associated with the processing of this request, 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.
Please call 603-224-5301 with any questions about this request. If your call is not answered, please leave a message and your call will be returned as soon as possible.
I look forward to receiving your response to this request within five business days, as required by law.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I really appreciate your time and help.
Sincerely,
Cassidy Jensen, The Concord Monitor
From:
Hi -
We are in receipt of your right to know request. I spoke to someone at the Concord Monitor and interesting enough they were unable to verify Cassidy Jensen as an employee.
I will direct you to our town website www.loudonnh.org<http://www.loudonnh.org>. for some of the requested information. On the website you will find years 2017 - 2020 Town reports. Budget and other information is included in those reports.
Due to the large amount of information requested we will need an additional 30 days to review your request.
Sincerely,
Brenda M. Pearl, Office Manager
Town of Loudon
55 S. Village Road - STE 1
Loudon, NH 03307
603-798-4541
[Town Seal 03132013l - Copy]
The Right-To-Know Law (RSA 91-a) provides that most e-mail communications, to and from Town employees regarding the business of the Town of Loudon, are government records available to the public upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure.
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From: Granite State News Collaborative
Hi Brenda,
Thank you for your response and for passing along the link to the town reports. Are versions of the town reports from 2000-2017 also available online, or if not, would I be able to inspect those at the town office?
I left a message on 7/2/2021 just to confirm that I do work at the Concord Monitor. I submitted my request through Muckrock, a service which helps journalists more easily submit and track public records requests. If you are concerned about my identity, you can read some of my stories on our website (https://www.concordmonitor.com/Byline?byline=By%20CASSIDY%20JENSEN) or email me at cjensen@cmonitor.com. I'm not sure who you reached at the Monitor but our newsroom number is 603-224-5301 ext. 670.
I appreciate your help in fulfilling this request and look forward to hearing from you. Please let me know if you have any questions about this request.
Best,
Cassidy
Cassidy Jensen
Concord Monitor
Reporter
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Hampshire Right to Know Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 24, 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.
From: Loudon Police Department
Good afternoon –
2000-2017 town reports are not available online but you may inspect those here at the office. Please let me now know when you would like to come in to view them and I will pull them out of the vault.
It’s interesting that whoever I spoke to at the Concord Monitor couldn’t verify that you work there. Thank you for confirming that for me…I appreciate that.
Brenda