Missing Native Americans
| Submitted | June 24, 2021 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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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 2021; 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New York Freedom of Information 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: Tioga County Sheriff
To whom it may concern,
A search of our records has failed to find any cases of missing American Indian/Alaskan Native persons within our geographical jurisdiction of Tioga County, New York for the time frame of 2000 through 2021.
Lt. Adam Bessey
TIOGA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
COMMUNICATIONS & RECORDS DIVISIONS
103 CORPORATE DRIVE
OWEGO, NY 13827
PH. 607-687-1010
FAX 607-687-6755
E-MAIL: besseya@tiogacountyny.gov
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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New York Freedom of Information Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 26, 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New York Freedom of Information Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 26, 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: Tioga County Sheriff
To whom it may concern,
Thank you for your patience regarding our reply to this request. My records division staff and I have again searched our records and not located any records that match your requested criteria. Please see below for specific answers to your follow up questions. Also, should you have information regarding a specific case that we have not located or inadvertently overlooked, feel free to let me know so that we can research that matter.
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We have a few follow up questions:
1. Do you keep records of missing cases in your jurisdiction? Yes. Missing person cases are generated as needed/reported and are kept on file for as long as needed or as prescribed by the NYS Archive Department LGS-1 retention schedule.
2. Do you keep these records based on race/ethnicity, gender, age, and/or other demographic characteristics? While we do not have a specific database with the breakdown of your listed criteria, all properly reported/collected information is made a part of our greater records database.
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? Again, a search of records did not turn up any records that meet your criteria. As a rural, lightly populated county, our homicide rate is approximately one per year and the vast majority of our missing person cases are actually "runaway" cases and generally involve minors.
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I hope this information is helpful and should you have any further questions, feel free to reach out to me.
Lt. Adam Bessey
TIOGA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
COMMUNICATIONS & RECORDS DIVISIONS
103 CORPORATE DRIVE
OWEGO, NY 13827
PH. 607-687-1010
FAX 607-687-6755
E-MAIL: besseya@tiogacountyny.gov
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