swat- rhode island state police
| Submitted | June 16, 2015 |
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From: Jonathan Mummolo
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act, §38-2-1 et seq., I hereby request the following records:
1. All incident reports or other records documenting each time your agency's S.W.A.T. team (sometimes called a police paramilitary unit) was deployed.
2. In the event such records are not kept, I request a list of the dates of deployment of the agency's S.W.A.T. team during this period.
3. In the event these records/dates are not available for the entire time period covering this request, I request you supply the above information for the period covering the present back to as long as such records/information are available.
This request is being made for academic, not commercial, purposes.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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 3 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Mummolo
Stanford University
Dept. of Political Science
From: Jonathan Mummolo
To Whom It May Concern:
This is an addendum to the public records request I submitted on 6/16/2015, copied below. Please note that this public records request refers to the time period 1995 to present. If records during part of that time period are not available, I request that you fulfill my request for all available dates in that time period. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Mummolo
Stanford University
Dept. of Political Science
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Original Request:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act, §38-2-1 et seq., I hereby request the following records:
1. All incident reports or other records documenting each time your agency's S.W.A.T. team (sometimes called a police paramilitary unit) was deployed.
2. In the event such records are not kept, I request a list of the dates of deployment of the agency's S.W.A.T. team during this period.
3. In the event these records/dates are not available for the entire time period covering this request, I request you supply the above information for the period covering the present back to as long as such records/information are available.
This request is being made for academic, not commercial, purposes.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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 3 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Mummolo
Stanford University
Dept. of Political Science
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 16, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
From: Leilani Audette
Dear Mr. Mummolo:
Attached is our reply to your request for records. Kindly confirm receipt by return email.
We will keep you advised as to the status of this matter accordingly.
Sincerely,
Leilani R. Audette
Paralegal
Office of Legal Counsel
Department of Public Safety
311 Danielson Pike
North Scituate, RI 02857
(401)444-1335 fax (401)444-1105
Email: leilani.audette@risp.dps.ri.gov
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From: Leilani Audette
Dear Mr. Mummolo:
Attached is our letter in response to your request. Kindly confirm receipt by return email.
If you have any questions or need anything further, feel free to contact our office.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Sincerely,
Leilani R. Audette
Paralegal
Office of Legal Counsel
Department of Public Safety
311 Danielson Pike
North Scituate, RI 02857
(401)444-1335 fax (401)444-1105
Email: leilani.audette@risp.dps.ri.gov
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From: Jonathan Mummolo
Thank you for your reply.
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 16, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
From: Leilani Audette
Dear Mr. Mummolo:
In response to your inquiry on the status of your request, please note
that we replied on July 3, 2015. You then confirmed receipt of said
response by email on July 7, 2015. I have attached a copy of the
emails, along with the letter and Appeal sheet which were included in
the July 3, 2015 response.
If you need anything further, feel free to contact this office.
Sincerely,
Leilani R. Audette
Paralegal
Office of Legal Counsel
Department of Public Safety
311 Danielson Pike
North Scituate, RI 02857
(401)444-1335 fax (401)444-1105
Email: leilani.audette@risp.dps.ri.gov
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July 22, 2015
Rhode Island State Police
Department of Public Safety, Legal Office
311 Danielson Pike
North Scituate, RI 02857
This is a follow up to a previous request:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on June 16, 2015. Please let me
know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further
clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
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On July 7, 2015:
Thank you for your reply.
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On July 3, 2015:
Dear Mr. Mummolo:
Attached is our letter in response to your request. Kindly confirm
receipt by return email.
If you have any questions or need anything further, feel free to
contact our office.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Sincerely,
Leilani R. Audette
Paralegal
Office of Legal Counsel
Department of Public Safety
311 Danielson Pike
North Scituate, RI 02857
(401)444-1335 fax (401)444-1105
Email: leilani.audette@risp.dps.ri.gov
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On July 1, 2015:
Dear Mr. Mummolo:
Attached is our reply to your request for records. Kindly confirm
receipt by return email.
We will keep you advised as to the status of this matter accordingly.
Sincerely,
Leilani R. Audette
Paralegal
Office of Legal Counsel
Department of Public Safety
311 Danielson Pike
North Scituate, RI 02857
(401)444-1335 fax (401)444-1105
Email: leilani.audette@risp.dps.ri.gov
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On July 1, 2015:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on June 16, 2015. Please let me
know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further
clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
---
On June 16, 2015:
To Whom It May Concern:
This is an addendum to the public records request I submitted on
6/16/2015, copied below. Please note that this public records request
refers to the time period 1995 to present. If records during part of
that time period are not available, I request that you fulfill my
request for all available dates in that time period. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Mummolo
Stanford University
Dept. of Political Science
----------
Original Request:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act, §38-2-1 et
seq., I hereby request the following records:
1. All incident reports or other records documenting each time your
agency's S.W.A.T. team (sometimes called a police paramilitary unit) was
deployed.
2. In the event such records are not kept, I request a list of the
dates of deployment of the agency's S.W.A.T. team during this period.
3. In the event these records/dates are not available for the entire
time period covering this request, I request you supply the above
information for the period covering the present back to as long as such
records/information are available.
This request is being made for academic, not commercial, purposes.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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 3
business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Mummolo
Stanford University
Dept. of Political Science
---
On June 16, 2015:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act, §38-2-1 et
seq., I hereby request the following records:
1. All incident reports or other records documenting each time your
agency's S.W.A.T. team (sometimes called a police paramilitary unit) was
deployed.
2. In the event such records are not kept, I request a list of the
dates of deployment of the agency's S.W.A.T. team during this period.
3. In the event these records/dates are not available for the entire
time period covering this request, I request you supply the above
information for the period covering the present back to as long as such
records/information are available.
This request is being made for academic, not commercial, purposes.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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 3
business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Mummolo
Stanford University
Dept. of Political Science
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