Police Officers Living in Public Housing (Springfield City Clerk)

Joshua Dankoff filed this request with the Springfield City Clerk of Springfield, MA.
Multi Request Police Officers Living in Public Housing
Submitted March 30, 2021
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Completed

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From: Joshua Dankoff

Subject: Massachusetts Public Records Law Request: Police Officers Living in Public Housing (Springfield City Clerk)

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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

1. Rules, policies, or other practice documents concerning residency restrictions for police officers, command staff, and other police staff. If residency restrictions allow for a waiver, then records for each year from 2016 through 2021 that reflect
(a) the number of residency rule waivers applied,
(b) the stated reason for the residency waiver, and
(c) the outcome of the residency waiver.

2. Rules, policies, or other practice documents from your municipality that lay out whether police department staff (including officers) can receive housing subsidies and/or live in public housing, even if they do not qualify under the income guidelines.

3. Records that indicate for each year from 2016 through 2021 how many police department staff (including officers and staff of all ranks) live in public housing, and the name of the housing development where the officer lives. This can either be a snapshot on January 1st of each year 2016 through 2021, or a summary of the entire period

4. Records that indicate housing allowances or other subsidized housing (not already covered in question 3 above) provided to police department staff (including officers and command staff) in your or another municipality.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by the recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records. 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.

I expect the request to be filled in an accessible format, including for screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to read print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.

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 10 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Joshua Dankoff

From: Springfield City Clerk

Subject: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS - DANKOFF, JOSHUA #R003539-040621 & #R003540-040621

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Good afternoon Mr. Joshua Dankoff:

Please be advised that the City of Springfield, Massachusetts is respectfully requesting an extension of twenty [20] business days until Monday, May 17, 2021 to respond to your request. You submitted public records requests #R003539-040621 and #R003540-040621 via the City's public records request web portal [https://springfieldma.mycusthelp.com/WEBAPP/] on April 6, 2021. The City of Springfield, Massachusetts' response was due on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. The City of Springfield, Massachusetts is making this request for an extension of time to respond because it is unable to search for, segregate and/or review any records that may be responsive to your request during normal business hours of the City of Springfield, Massachusetts without the requested time extension.

Sincerely,
Andrea L. Stone
Public Records Coordinator
City of Springfield, City Clerk's Office
36 Court Street, Room 123
Springfield, MA 01103

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From: Joshua Dankoff

Subject: RE: Massachusetts Public Records Law Request: Police Officers Living in Public Housing (Springfield City Clerk)

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Dear Ms. Stone,
Thank you for the message. I agree to the extension to May 17th, 2021.

Best,
Josh Dankoff

From: Springfield City Clerk

Subject: RE: [External] RE: Massachusetts Public Records Law Request: Police Officers Living in Public Housing (Springfield City Clerk)

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Mr. Joshua Dankoff:

Please be advised that the City of Springfield, Massachusetts responded to your public records reqeusts #R003539-040621 and #R003540-040621 on May 5, 2021 via the City of Springfield, Massachusetts on-line public records request webportal https://springfieldma.mycusthelp.com/WEBAPP/

Sincerely,
Andrea L. Stone
Public Records Coordinator
City of Springfield, City Clerk's Office
36 Court Street, Room 123
Springfield, MA 01103

This e-mail message is generated from the City of Springfield City Clerk's Office, and contains information that is confidential and may be privileged as an attorney/client communication or as attorney work product. The information is intended to be disclosed solely to the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this email information is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete it from your computer system.

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