Maryland Police Reciprocal Certifications 2023-5-9

Sam Stecklow filed this request with the Maryland Police Training & Standards Commission of Maryland.

It is a clone of this request.

Tracking #

DEPT MR 137921

Status
Rejected

Communications

From: Sam Stecklow

To Whom It May Concern:

This is a public records request made via MuckRock under the Kentucky Open Records Act, seeking records related to law enforcement officer certification 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 request any spreadsheets, logs, data, or other similar documents maintained by MPTSC sufficient to show the following information regarding law enforcement officers who receive reciprocal certifications in Maryland due to their previous certification in other states. Specifically, please provide as many of the following data points as are maintained:

- Unique ID
- Name
- Previous state that the officer was previously certified by
- Date of Maryland certification

If your certification 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
Invisible Institute

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I will be out of my
office May 10-19, 2023.   I will be checking my messages periodically when I have the opportunity and respond.  Should this be an emergency please contact Chaka Cross at 410-875-3601 or chakaj.cross@maryland.gov.  Otherwise I will respond to your message when I have the opportunity or when returning to the office on Monday, May 22nd. (mailto:chakaj.cross@maryland.gov)
Best regards and stay
well, Al

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Albert L. Liebno, Jr. | Executive Director
albert.liebno@maryland.gov (mailto:email@maryland.gov) | 410-875-3600 (Phone) 410-236-6583 (Cell) Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services Police and Correctional Training Commissions 6852 4th Street Sykesville, MD 21784
dpscs.maryland.gov (http://dpscs.maryland.gov/)

From: Sam Stecklow

Hello, I'd like to follow up on this request.

Sam

From: Maryland Police Training & Standards Commission

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It looks like this agency uploaded responsive documents to a portal or link sharing site. Our team is working on moving them over, so please check back soon.

"Good Day,

I've reached out to the department responsible for processing PIA requests. As soon as I have an update, I will forward the information to you.

Thank you,

Chaka"

From: Sam Stecklow

Thank you

From: Sam Stecklow

Hello

I am following up on this request.

Thank you

From: Sam Stecklow

Hello

I'd like to follow up on this request.

Thank you

From: Sam Stecklow

Hello

This request has been pending since May 2023. Can you please ensure that this request is responded to, as required by the PIA?

Thank you

Sam Stecklow

From: Maryland Police Training & Standards Commission

Good afternoon Sam,

Let me look into this for you, and I'll be in touch. Is this email address
the best form of contact for you?

Thank you,

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Morgan Wright | Communications Director
morgan.wright@maryland.gov | 443-540-4095

Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services*Office of
Communications*
6852 4th Street
Sykesville, MD 21784
dpscs.maryland.gov

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From: Maryland Police Training & Standards Commission

Good afternoon Sam,

Please check your inbox for a message from *dpscs.pia@maryland.gov
<dpscs.pia@maryland.gov>* on February 6th, where the Department responded
to your PIA request.

Thank you,

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Morgan Wright | Communications Director
morgan.wright@maryland.gov | 443-540-4095

Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services*Office of
Communications*
6852 4th Street
Sykesville, MD 21784
dpscs.maryland.gov

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From: Sam Stecklow

There was no email sent on Feb 6 in this thread. If there was a response, please resend.

From: Maryland Police Training & Standards Commission

It wouldn’t be this thread but rather from
*dpscs.pia@maryland.gov <dpscs.pia@maryland.gov>* on February 6th, where
the Department responded to your PIA request.

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Morgan Wright | Communications Director
morgan.wright@maryland.gov | 443-540-4095

Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services*Office of
Communications*
6852 4th Street
Sykesville, MD 21784
dpscs.maryland.gov

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<https://htmlsig.com/t/d084d771225ed24d> [image: LinkedIn]
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From: Sam Stecklow

No response was received from any email address. Please simply resend the response.

From: Maryland Police Training & Standards Commission

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Morgan Wright | Communications Director
morgan.wright@maryland.gov | 443-540-4095

Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services*Office of
Communications*

6852 4th Street
Sykesville, MD 21784
dpscs.maryland.gov

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<https://htmlsig.com/t/d084d771225ed24d> [image: LinkedIn]
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