Raw police blotter logs from 2010

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the state Freedom of Information Act, G.L.M. c.4, €7, clause 26th, I hereby request the following records:

Raw police logs from 2010 in digital spreadsheet format that were used to compile the statistics used on the Watertown, MA police departement website:http://www.watertownpd.org/statistics/stats.html

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.

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,

Matt MacDonald

If available please include the following information:

* incident identifier
* incident type
* location
* date and time
* arrest date and time
* conviction date and time
* description
* fine

An example of the data that I would be looking for:
Identifier Incident Type Location Description Fine Date/Time Arrest Date/Time Conviction
1234 Robery 34 Hardy Ave Watertown, MA
1235 Assault 34 Hardy Ave Watertown, MA
4/10/2011 10:21:13 4/10/2011 10:21:13 4/12/2011 10:21:13
Beating 1236 Burglary 34 Hardy Ave Watertown, MA 4/10/2011 10:21:13 4/12/2011 10:21:13
4/12/2011 10:21:13 Breaking and Entering 1237 Moving Violation Citation 34 Hardy Ave Watertown, MA 4/10/2011 10:21:13
Speeding 100 1238 Alarm Call 34 Hardy Ave Watertown, MA 4/10/2011 10:21:13 1239 Moving Violation Accident 34 Hardy Ave Watertown, MA 4/10/2011 10:21:13.

I do not want to receive a printed document or PDF. This would be delivered in a spreadsheet format like Excel for future analysis.

Thanks,
Matt

Hi Captain Rocca,

You mention the following reports:

* Daily Log reports
* Arrest Log reports
* Accident reports
* Incident reports
* Arrest reports

What I'd like to do is see the detailed line item information in those logs that comprises the summary statistic information provided on the Watertown Police Department website.

The summary information is found here on the WPD website: http://www.watertownpd.org/statistics/stats.html

What I'd like to be able to do is see the detail line item information for each of those reports so that the numbers match up to the totals presented on the website.

For example:

* In 2010 the WPD website states there were 172 Assaults.
I would expect that in the Incident or Arrest Log Reports to see 172 individual line items / rows that would be of type Assault.

* In 2010 the WPD website states that there were 8,224 moving violations.
The Incident report log or the daily log would have 8,224 individual line items / rows that would be of type Moving Violation.

* In 2010 the WPD website states that there were 23,944 total calls for service
I would expect to see in the rows/records for each of those 23,944 calls in the 5 logs mentioned above.

For each of those line items/records I would expect that the WPD collects information about the day, time, street location and officer(s) for that event/call.

I'm asking that the WPD provide an Excel spreadsheet format of those logs.

While I would be happy to talk on the phone about the data I'm looking for I would also like to continue the information request using the MuckRock tool so that all communication takes place publicly.

Thanks,
Matt

Hi Captain Rocca and Chief Deveau,

I haven't seen an update on the MuckRock website about my request so
I'm following up via email about my freedom of information request for
the 2010 Watertown Police Department reports:

* Daily Log reports
* Arrest Log reports
* Accident reports
* Incident reports
* Arrest reports

The entire information request thread can be found here:
http://www.muckrock.com/foi/view/watertown-ma/raw-police-blotter-logs-from-2010/543/

Would you please let me know when to expect the reports?

Thanks,
Matt