Police log for past week through May 7 (Scituate Police Department)
| Submitted | May 7, 2014 |
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From: Shawn Musgrave
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act ("APRA"), I hereby request the following records:
A copy of the police log for the past week (7 days).
I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.
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 10 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Shawn Musgrave
From: Scituate Police Department
Shawn Musgrave
MuckRock.com
This correspondence is in response to your latest R.I. Access to Public
Records Act (APRA) request, which was received on 5/7/14 via email and
is included herein as an email chain.
Your request was made for the following: "A copy of the police log for
the past week (7 days)."
For the period, May 1 - May 7, 2014, the estimated cost if you wish to
proceed would be as follows:
1. (37) log pages at $0.15 each =
........................................................................................................................$
5.55
2. (3) hours for retrieval, review / redacting, and processing = $15
per hour = $45 - $15 (first hour free) = ...............$30.00
3. (1) CD ROM with case =
..................................................................................................................................$
1.85
4. US Mail for CD ROM and response letter =
.........................................................................................................$
2.75
TOTAL.............................$40.15
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. If you were to pick up the records here, the cost for US Mail would
be eliminated.
2. If you decide to pick up here and not have the documents loaded to a
CD ROM, that cost would also be eliminated.
3. Please advise us as to how you would like to proceed.
4. If you wish to proceed, please advise as to which options (and
corresponding fees) you have selected.
5. We will comply only after receipt of payment in full: MAKE CHECK
PAYABLE TO SCITUATE POLICE DEPARTMENT
COURTESY NOTICE:
Your last APRA request was received on April 3. 2014, and answered on
4/18/14. Although the following information does not apply to your
5/7/14 APRA request, as a courtesy for the future I bring to your
attention that if you are going to be making on-going requests, the APRA
allows requests made by the same requestor within a 30-day period to be
treated as a single request and as such, for retrieval / processing fees
to be on-going. As an "on-going" single request, it means that only the
first hour is free and each subsequent request within the (30) days can
be charged $15.00/hr immediately upon receipt of said request.
Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Sincerely,
Colonel David M. Randall
Chief of Police
Scituate Police Department
116 Main St., Hope, RI 02831
401.821.5900
From: Shawn Musgrave
Hello,
Apologies for the delay. Other departments have provided these documents for free or for as little as $3. Can you confirm that the three hours of review are necessary for something as routine as a dispatch log?
Thank you!
From: Scituate Police Department
Mr. Musgrave,
I consult routinely with our Town Solicitor on APRA matters. Our
estimate was the result of an objective and thorough evaluation of your
request.
Thank you for your understanding. Please advise as to how you would
like to proceed.
Sincerely,
Colonel David M. Randall
Chief of Police
Scituate Police Department
116 Main St., Hope, RI 02831
401.821.5900
From: Shawn Musgrave
Chief,
Thank you for clarifying the method for your estimate. I respectfully request that you return any unused portion of the fee, as I do not foresee the need to review these documents for three hours.
I will send a check by mail tomorrow.
Thank you,
Shawn
From: MuckRock
Scituate Police Department
116 Main St., Hope, RI 02831
401.821.5900
Please find the included payment for documents responsive to the public records request copied below.
Thank you.
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To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act ("APRA"), I hereby request the following records:
A copy of the police log for the past week (7 days).
I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.
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 10 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Shawn Musgrave
From: Scituate Police Department
A copy of documents responsive to the request.
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 May 7, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
From: David M. D'Agostino
Dear Mr. Musgrave:
I will follow up wiht the Col. Randall, Scituate Police Chief, later today, but it was my recolelction that this matter was resolved some time ago, with the records being provided upon receipt of payment.
Thank you,
Dave
David M. D'Agostino, Esq.
GORHAM & GORHAM, INC.
25 Danielson Pike
P.O. Box 46
North Scituate, RI 02857
(401) 647-1400 Telephone
(401) 647-1446 Facsimile
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From: Shawn Musgrave
Mr. Agostino and Chief Randall -
We have not received the documents despite submitting payment a couple weeks back. Please confirm that they were sent, and the method.
-Shawn
From:
Mr. Musgrave;
Re: APRA RESPONSE: SPD LOG 5/1/14 - 5/7/14
A package including a CD -ROM has been mailed (USPS OVERNIGHT DELIVERY)
to your attention which is responsive to your request, as outlined in
the email chain.
The response to your request was completed per the priovious estimate
and there is no balance to return.
Thank you for your understanding.
Sincerely,
Colonel David M. Randall
Chief of Police
Scituate Police Department
116 Main St., Hope, RI 02831
401.821.5900
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