NH police budget and employment data (Merrimack County Sheriff's Office)
| Multi Request | NH police budget and employment data |
| Submitted | Oct. 5, 2021 |
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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.
I understand that many departments do not file an EEO-1 form or/or do not track all the demographic information that we are requesting. I am not requesting a new record be created. However, if there are records your agency maintains, including but not limited to hiring intake forms, employee cards, or other records that contain information about age, gender or race, I would like an electronic copy of those records or the opportunity to inspect them. We have made requests from multiple agencies in New Hampshire and have found that other small departments do maintain age or gender information in personnel files even if they do not file an EEO-1 form.
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
From:
Mr. Lipton - Granite State News Collaborative,
I am in receipt of your request for public records dated October 7, 2021
via email to the Merrimack County Sheriff's Office. As the Human
Resources Director I will be handling your request. I will review your
request and will provide whatever is publicly available after reviewing
our records. This may take approximately 2 weeks to review our current
records and determine the available report(s) that capture the
information you are requesting. I hope to have the public information
available to you by October 22, 2021.
Sara A. Lewko
Sara A. Lewko, PHR, SHRM-CP
Human Resources Director
County of Merrimack
333 Daniel Webster Highway, Suite 2
Boscawen, NH 03303
tel 796-6800
fax 796-6841
From: Michael Morisy
Good afternoon,
The Merrimack County Sheriff’s Office received a (Faxed) request from Beryl Lipton today regarding budgets for the past ten years (2010-2020). I tried to call the phone number she provided (617)500-7123 to let her know we received the request. The voicemail box on the phone is not set up. I could not leave a message.
We are looking into this and will start research.
Please respond to this email for our records of receipt.
Thank you and have a great day,
Bob Krieger, Director of Operations
Merrimack County Sheriff’s Office
333 Daniel Webster Highway
Boscawen, NH 03303
(603)796-6631
From: Merrimack County Sheriff's Office
Mr. Lipton - Granite State News Collaborative,
Attached are reports available that capture information you have
requested under your 91A request of October 8, 2021. Please note that
the County does not have previous records on file for any years prior to
what has been provided in this email.
Respectfully submitted,
Sara A. Lewko
Sara A. Lewko, PHR, SHRM-CP
Human Resources Director
County of Merrimack
333 Daniel Webster Highway, Suite 2
Boscawen, NH 03303
tel 796-6800
fax 796-6841
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