NH police budget and employment data (Grafton County) (Plymouth Police Department)
| Multi Request | NH police budget and employment data (Grafton County) |
| Submitted | June 24, 2021 |
| Est. Completion | Aug. 31, 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.
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: 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 June 24, 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:
Your requests have been sent to the Town Hall for review and Attorney response. I will check with them on Monday as the Town Manager and Finance Manager are out of the office today. If you do not hear from them, please reach back out to me and I will pursue a responds for you.
Sincerely,
Vicki Moore
Administrative Assistant to the Chief
334 Main Street
Plymouth, NH 03264
(p) 603-536-1804 ext. 106
(f) 603-536-4008
vmoore@plymouthpd-nh.org<mailto:vmoore@plymouthpd-nh.org>
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From:
Good Afternoon,
The Town of Plymouth, NH is in receipt of your requests for information under the above RSA.
Please be advised that in order for us to accumulate the information that you are requesting, it will take the Town of Plymouth quite some time. Most of the employees (including myself) that are here now, where not here in 2000; therefore, we will have to do some digging in the files and town reports.
It is estimated that the information is going to take a minimum of 30 days to supply - therefore we ask for an extension of the 5 days to supply you this request until August 31, 2021.
Once we have completed this project, we will be better able to provide you with an estimated cost. The information will be available to you via email directly.
Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Anne
Anne M Abear
Finance Director/Office Manager
Town of Plymouth
6 Post Office Square
Plymouth, NH 03264
603-536-1731
603-536-0036 fax
finance@plymouth-nh.org
From:
Good afternoon Ms. Lipton,
The Town of Plymouth, NH is in receipt of the Right to Know request (attached) dated 06/26/21 and your second follow up request for information dated July 1, 2021.
In regard to your request for Budget and Funding Data, the documents in the Town's possession that are responsive to your request include the approved annual budget, the budget summary, the approved warrant articles, and the Financial Report of the Budget (MS-535).
Most of these documents are publicly available in the Annual Town Report. The Town possesses only physical copies of the annual reports. However, the UNH Scholars Repository does have PDF copies of the older Town Reports available on their website. Please visit their website at: https://unh.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991015093699805221&context=L&vid=01USNH_UNH:MAIN&lang=en&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,town%20of%20plymouth%20annual%20town%20report&mode=basic
If you would like to view the physical copies of the annual reports, or the Town's MS-535 reports, you may make an appointment to view the reports at Town Hall, 6 Post Office Square, Plymouth, NH 03264 during normal business hours, Monday- Friday 8 AM to 4:30 PM. Should you require photocopies made of any of the pages, our standard rate would apply, $1 per page.
With regard to your request for Hiring and Employment Data, the Town does not maintain a document that identifies specifically the number of employees in any department at any given time. Additionally, the Town is not required to file an EEO-1 form, and therefore do not have documents for the period of 2000 - 2020 which would be responsive to your request for annual demographic data. To the best of the Town's knowledge and information, the Town does not maintain any documents reflecting the demographic profile of any individuals employed by the Town, and as such, there are no records in our possession responsive to your request.
Regard,
Anne
Anne M Abear
Finance Director/Office Manager
Town of Plymouth
6 Post Office Square
Plymouth, NH 03264
603-536-1731
603-536-0036 fax
finance@plymouth-nh.org
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