Internal police policies on domestic violence committed by employees (Virginia State Police) • MuckRock

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From: Tom Nash

07/29/2020

Subject: Virginia Freedom of Information Act Request: Internal police policies on domestic violence committed by employees (Virginia State Police)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records regarding this agency’s procedures for handling alleged and actual acts of domestic violence by its employees:

POLICIES and PROCEDURES
• The current or most recent applicable policy and guidance regarding this agency's response to complaints and allegations of domestic violence made against its employees
• All policies and guidance related to reporting by this agency (to the state government, federal government, private researchers, and any other party) of domestic violence committed by or alleged against employees of this agency
• A blank copy of all forms and logs used in the process of recording and addressing domestic violence allegations against and investigations of employees of this agency

COMPLAINTS and INVESTIGATIONS
• All materials (including but not limited to all complaints, reports, investigatory materials, internal affairs reports, and any other records) related to all allegations of domestic violence made against employees of this agency for the period from January 1, 2010 through July 31, 2020.
• All aggregate data related to allegations and investigations of domestic violence committed by this agency's employees for the period from January 1, 2010 through July 31, 2020.
• All reports, data, and other reporting materials provided by this agency to any other entity (including but not limited to the state government, the federal government, private researchers, and any other party) on domestic violence committed by or alleged against employees of this agency

This request is being made by a reporter as part of a journalistic investigation. It is being submitted as part of a project to better understand uses of police force nationwide, which has been of public interest for many years and which is of particular interest to large new swaths of the public following the widely-seen death of George Floyd and the First Amendment-protected demonstrations and public discussion that have followed. There is no commercial interest in making this request or in receiving responsive records.

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,

Tom Nash

From: Virginia State Police

08/04/2020

Subject: FOIA request-Tom Nash (Internal police policies on domestic violence committed by employees)

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information Act request. Due to the
volume of requests and manpower constraints, it is not practical for the
agency to respond in the 5 days permitted under Virginia Freedom of
Information Act. You are hereby notified that, pursuant to §
2.2-3704(B)(4), the agency is entitled to, and here by asserts its right to
claim, seven work days in addition to the five provided for in §
2.2-3704(B) in which to provide one of the responses set forth in §
2.2-3704.

Thank you,

Katie Glasscock, FOIA Unit Supervisor

*On behalf of F/Sgt David Ostwinkle*

First Sergeant David L. Ostwinkle
Virginia Department of State Police
Office of Legal Affairs
Bureau of Administrative and Support Services
(804) 674-8028 (Office)
(804) 674-2345 (Fax)
david.ostwinkle@vsp.virginia.gov <angela.kepus@vsp.virginia.gov>

From: Virginia State Police

08/06/2020

Subject: FOIA request-Tom Nash (Internal police policies on domestic violence committed by employees)

Mr. Nash:

Thank you for your correspondence to the Virginia Department of State
Police (the Department). As you may be aware, requests for records of the
Commonwealth, its agencies and political subdivisions are governed by
the *Virginia
Freedom of Information Act* (FOIA), §§ 2.2-3700 *et. seq.* of the *Code of
Virginia*.

Based on your request, the Department has formulated an approximate advance
estimate of the anticipated charges. Under the Virginia Freedom of
Information Act, we have determined that the estimated charges for
searching for and redacting the requested records will be *$336.00*. Before
continuing to process your request, we require that you agree to the
payment of a deposit in the amount of the advance determination. The
deposit will be credited toward the final cost of supplying the requested
records. The time period for producing the records or making a response
under VFOIA is tolled for the amount of time that elapses between the
notice of the advance determination and your response. Please advise us if
you would like to pay the estimated charges and we will then proceed with
processing your request.

Please forward a copy of this correspondence along with a check for
*$336.00*, payable to the Department of State Police, Attention: Office of
Legal Affairs, P.O. Box 27472, Richmond, Virginia, 23261-7472.

*Pursuant to Virginia Code §2.2-4805, any returned or dishonored checks,
cashier’s checks or money orders and any dishonored credit or debit card
payments shall incur a handling fee of $50.00 to be added to the principle
account balance.*

Thank you,

Katie Glasscock, FOIA Unit Supervisor

*On behalf of F/Sgt David Ostwinkle*

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Submitted	July 29, 2020
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