NH police budget and employment data (Rockingham County) (Newmarket Police Department)
Multi Request | NH police budget and employment data (Rockingham County) |
Submitted | Sept. 8, 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 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
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 Sept. 8, 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: Newmarket Police Department
A cover letter granting the request and outlining any exempted materials, if any.
From: Granite State News Collaborative
Hi Chief Jordan,
This is Cassidy Jensen from the Concord Monitor. I'm writing to follow up on our phone conversation today about this Right to Know request that my colleague Beryl Lipton initially submitted. After searching through the town reports, I wasn't able to find the number of law enforcement officers employed in the year 2000 or in the year 2010.
I'm requesting records to show the number of full-time officers in those years (not including civilian staff like dispatchers, admin staff, etc). If you are able to separate out the number of people employed in leadership roles (chief, deputy chief, captains) that would be great.
Below is the original request.
Thanks so much for your help!
Best,
Cassidy
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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 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
From: Newmarket Police Department
Good morning Cassidy,
This is the information I was able to find so far. If you google the 2010 Town of Newmarket NH annual report and go to page 123 it lists all the police employees with their positions and earnings for the calendar year. The list describes the positions such as Chief, Lieutenant etc. It also lists full time or part-time employment. I have contacted my Human Resources department for the year 2000. Unfortunately, the records were not kept int he same fashion back in 2000 so they are trying to compile a list that we could provide. I will let you know when we are able to provide that information.
Best,
Greg Jordan
Chief of Police
Greg Jordan
Police Chief
Newmarket Police Department
70 Exeter Street
Newmarket, NH 03857
(603) 659-6636
gjordan@newmarketnh.gov<mailto:gjordan@newmarketnh.gov>
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STATEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY
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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 Sept. 9, 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: Newmarket Police Department
To whom it may concern:
IN an effort to complete your request I contacted my finance office and human resource department. They were unable to produce the records for the year 2000 at this time. A new record keeping software was installed at or about the time of your request and they are unsure if the records exist. I am providing you with the contact information for the finance office who oversees the records.
William D. Tappan, Jr.
Director of Finance & Administration
Town of Newmarket
186 Main St.
Newmarket, NH 03857
603-659-3617 x1225
www.newmarketnh.gov<http://www.newmarketnh.gov>
Regards,
Greg Jordan
Chief of Police
Greg Jordan
Police Chief
Newmarket Police Department
70 Exeter Street
Newmarket, NH 03857
(603) 659-6636
gjordan@newmarketnh.gov<mailto:gjordan@newmarketnh.gov>
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STATEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY
The information contained in this electronic message and any attachment to this message may contain confidential or privileged information and is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). Please notify me if you are not the intended recipient and destroy all copies of this electronic message and any attachments.
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From: Beryl Lipton
Hello, Mr. Tappan —
Thank you so much for your help with this request. I'll attempt to follow up with the Finance Department.
Have a great week,
Beryl
From: Muckrock Staff
Hi,
Please see the following request for records. Thanks for your help with this request.
Sincerely,
MuckRock
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 Sept. 9, 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: 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 Sept. 9, 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: Newmarket Police Department
To whom it concerns,
The records you seek are to be found at the Newmarket Police department. They have historically kept their records in house and have complete records for the period in question. The challenge for them and most organizations is that the records are not in digital form making your questions difficult to answer without significant effort/time.
Check with the NPD again and best of luck.
Regards,
Bill
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