Missing Native Americans (Rensselaer County Sheriff)

Urban Indigenous Collective filed this request with the Rensselaer County Sheriff of Rensselaer County, NY.
Tracking #

FOIL No. 2021083

2021-083

Multi Request Missing Native Americans
Est. Completion May 4, 2021
Status
No Responsive Documents

Communications

From: Urban Indigenous Collective


To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the New York Freedom of Information Law, I hereby request the following records:

Basic information on all cases (open and closed) of missing American Indian/Alaska Native persons (including juveniles) within your region, from 2000 through 2020; this basic information can include but is not limited to: person name, age, DOB, incident date, case closure date, county/jurisdiction in which person was reported missing.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Urban Indigenous Collective

From:

Dear MuckRock News,

On behalf of Special Counsel Peter Kehoe, please see the attached acknowledgement letter regarding your FOIL request.

Thank you.

David P. Schnall
Contracts and Legal Affairs Manager
518-270-2951
dschnall@rensco.com<mailto:dschnall@rensco.com>

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Office of the Rensselaer County Attorney
Ned Pattison Rensselaer County Government Center
1600 Seventh Avenue
Troy, New York 12180
518-270-2950
www.rensco.com<http://www.rensco.com/>

From: Rensselaer County Sheriff

Good morning,
We received this request on March 30th and have the response date set as May 4th. Once we have a further update, I will get back to you.

David Schnall
Contracts and Legal Affairs Manager

From: Rensselaer County Sheriff

Dear MuckRock News,

On behalf of Special Counsel Peter Kehoe, please see the attached letter regarding your FOIL request.

Thank you.

David P. Schnall
Contracts and Legal Affairs Manager
518-270-2951
dschnall@rensco.com<mailto:dschnall@rensco.com>

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Office of the Rensselaer County Attorney
Ned Pattison Rensselaer County Government Center
1600 Seventh Avenue
Troy, New York 12180
518-270-2950
www.rensco.com<http://www.rensco.com/>

From: Urban Indigenous Collective

Thank you for replying back to our FOIL request,

We have a few follow up questions:
1. Do you keep records of missing cases in your jurisdiction?
2. Do you keep these records based on race/ethnicity, gender, age, and/or other demographic characteristics?
3. If you do not have any records pertaining to missing Native Americans/Alaska Natives, do you have any records of murdered Native America/Alaska Natives in file in your jurisdiction?

Thank you in advance for your anticipated participation in the matter.

Sincerely,

Urban Indigenous Collective

From: Rensselaer County Sheriff

Concerning the above-referenced FOIL request, please be advised that on April 30, 2021 our Office sent a letter to MuckRock advising that no records responsive to this request were found. Accordingly, our file was closed.

I have attached copies of said letter, along with copies of the various follow-up letters sent by MuckRock.

Please feel free to visit our website at www.rensco.com<http://www.rensco.com> and place a new FOIL request for any new information that may have been added/needed after the file was closed.

If you have any questions, please reach out to me.

Deborah A. Brooking
Records Access Officer
OFFICE OF THE RENSSELAER COUNTY ATTORNEY
Rensselaer County Office Building
99 Troy Road
East Greenbush, New York 12061
(518) 270-2950
DBrooking@rensco.com<mailto:DBrooking@rensco.com>

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From: Rensselaer County Sheriff

A no responsive documents response.

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