NH police budget and employment data (Grafton County) (Lyme Police Department)

Beryl,

You will receive an email from our Town Administrator with the requested
information.

Shaun
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Lyme Police Department
PO Box 126
1 High Street
Lyme, NH 03768
(603) 795-2047

Dear Beryl Lipton,

Below are my responses to your requested information (see blue printing).
Please let me know if you need anything else.

Respectfully,

Dina Cutting, Town Administrator

On June 24, 2021:
Subject: New Hampshire Right to Know Law Request: NH police budget and
employment data (Grafton County) (Lyme Police Department)
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

All of this information is available on the Town website. The town budget-
expenditures and revenues are reported in each Town Report. Go to
www.lymenh.gov and then go to the Select Board page and find archived town
reports- they go back to 2007 - (if you want hard copies of 2000-2006 we
can mail them to you, you will need to be charged for the postage).
Spreadsheets for the budget expenditures and revenues the MS-535 and other
state of NH required spreadsheets, we do not track each department on an
individual spreadsheet).

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. We have 2 full time officers and have had for more than 22 years.
• Annual demographic information (age, race, gender) of law enforcement
officers employed by this municipality-We do not track this information
• 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 We do not track this information

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 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 617-500-7123 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,

Beryl Lipton, Granite State News Collaborative

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*Dina Cutting*

*Town Administrator*
*Town of Lyme *
*1 High Street*
*PO Box 126*
*Lyme NH 03768*
*603-795-4639 ext:14*
*dina@lymenh.gov* <dina@lymenh.gov>

This message is posted as a service to Lyme residents. Formal town
information is posted on the town website www.lymenh.gov, where residents
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The town has taken the position that, under the NH ‘right-to-know’ laws and
the requirement to hold open, public meetings, town officials, committee
members and employees may not discuss town business on this or other
electronic forums.