NH police budget and employment data (Rockingham County) (Plaistow Police Department)
| Tracking # |
91-A |
| Multi Request | NH police budget and employment data (Rockingham County) |
| Submitted | Sept. 8, 2021 |
MuckRock users can file, duplicate, track, and share public records requests like this one. Learn more.
Communications
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: Plaistow Police Department
Good morning, attached you will find our agencies response to your 91-A.
Brian MacHarrie
Plaistow Police Department Secretary/Records Clerk
Tel: 603-382-1200
Fax: 603-382-4172
This e-mail message, and any attachment to it, may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original e-mail message. Any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of information received in error is strictly prohibited without permission of the Plaistow Police Department. If you are the intended recipient, please be advised that the content of this message is subject to access, review and disclosure by the sender's E-mail System Administrator.
LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE: Please note that if an Email I send is marked LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE and YOU are not a member of LAW ENFORCEMENT - YOU MAY NOT VIEW THAT PARTICULAR EMAIL.
-
~WRD000
From: Plaistow Police Department
Attached you will find our department's response to your Right-To-Know request.
Brian MacHarrie
Plaistow Police Department Secretary/Records Clerk
Tel: 603-382-1200
Fax: 603-382-4172
This e-mail message, and any attachment to it, may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original e-mail message. Any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of information received in error is strictly prohibited without permission of the Plaistow Police Department. If you are the intended recipient, please be advised that the content of this message is subject to access, review and disclosure by the sender's E-mail System Administrator.
LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE: Please note that if an Email I send is marked LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE and YOU are not a member of LAW ENFORCEMENT - YOU MAY NOT VIEW THAT PARTICULAR EMAIL.
From: Granite State News Collaborative
Hi Mr. MacHarrie,
My name is Cassidy Jensen and I'm a reporter at the Concord Monitor. My colleague Beryl Lipton sent this original request and I'm writing to follow up for more information. Can you please cite the specific exemption in the law that you are basing this denial on?
This request is one of over 200 requests we have made to police departments as part of a project documenting changes in New Hampshire's police force over the last 20 years. We are writing a story soon about responses that we received to our Right to Know requests, and are planning to include this denial.
What we are requesting is information about your department's funding in the years 2000, 2010 and 2020, as well as the number of officers employed in those years and any available demographic information about those officers. I'm happy to further clarify this request if needed.
Please feel free to give me a call at 603-369-3322.
Thanks for your help! I appreciate it.
Best,
Cassidy Jensen
The Concord Monitor
From: Plaistow Police Department
Attached you will find your requested information. Will be sent over in various parts due to large file sizes.
From: Plaistow Police Department
Due to large file sizes, I will be sending over a dropbox link
From: Plaistow Police Department
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.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/so1ax8rlvbhwxt4/AAA177w5oVmWluHOsJd4ODUva?dl=0
Please let me know if you were able to open the link and access the files.
Thank you
-
MuckRock RTK
From: Granite State News Collaborative
Hi Mr. MacHarrie
Confirming receipt of these records. Thanks so much for your help with this request! I really appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Cassidy Jensen
Files
pages