NH police budget and employment data (Cheshire County) (Winchester Police Department)
| Multi Request | NH police budget and employment data (Cheshire County) |
| Submitted | April 27, 2021 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Granite State News Collaborative
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the New Hampshire Right to Know Law, I respectfully request the following records related to this municipality's police department hiring, employment, and funding for the budget years 2000 through 2020:
BUDGET and FUNDING DATA - Records sufficient to show funding for municipal law enforcement offices and activities for the years 2000 through 2020.
If possible, please provide the itemized budget allocated for public safety and police department activities for each year, as well as records sufficient to show any additional funding received through other means, including but not limited to:
• funds for capital expenditures
• grants
• donations
HIRING and EMPLOYMENT DATA - Records sufficient to show the following data regarding police department employment for the years 2000 through 2020.
• The number of employed law enforcement officers (as defined by RSA 105-D:1). Please provide the date on which the provided numbers were accurate.
• Annual demographic information (age, race, gender) of law enforcement officers employed by this municipality
• Annual demographic information (age, race, gender) of any individual employed in a position of leadership within this municipality’s public safety or law enforcement department
If any of the requested information is available in aggregate form, provision of this aggregate information by year would likely satisfy this request. If there are any known caveats involved with the data and information your office is able to provide, I would really appreciate it if you could share them with me.
*Please note* that if any of the requested information is held by another office or agency, direction to the appropriate office would be greatly appreciated.
This request is being made on behalf of the statewide nonprofit Granite State News Collaborative. This request is not being made for commercial purposes. It is being made as part of a journalistic data collection effort to benefit news organizations and the public good throughout the State of New Hampshire.
If your office anticipates that fees associated with the processing of this request, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request be filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Please call 617-500-7123 with any questions about this request. If your call is not answered, please leave a message and your call will be returned as soon as possible.
I look forward to receiving your response to this request within five business days, as required by law.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I really appreciate your time and help.
Sincerely,
Beryl Lipton
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Hampshire Right to Know Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 27, 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: Winchester Police Department
Good morning Beryl, I am pleased to inform you that we are attempting to fulfill your request as best we can. I just received your right to know request on my desk yesterday (had been off since last Wednesday) and immediately got the town accounting department assisting me. I can not see your cost being more than twenty-five dollars. I will probably need a few extra days to do the research for you and answer police calls at the same time. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. I will e-mail you with the final cost amount ASAP. Thank you in advance for your patience.
Sincerely, Gary A. Phillips Winchester NH Police Department
From: Winchester Police Department
Enclosed please find our response to your request. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our agency.
Sincerely,
Maryan Platz
assistant to Executive Officer Gary Phillips
Maryan Platz
Administrative Assistant
Winchester Police Department
6 Parker St.
Winchester, NH 03470
Phone: 603.239.4814
Fax: 603.239.6845
From: Granite State News Collaborative
Hello Ms. Platz —
I apologize for just now responding to your most recent email. I see that you had noted a response was enclosed, but it does appear attached to this email. Could you please resend it?
Thank you so much for your time and help.
Best wishes,
Beryl
From: Winchester Police Department
Beryl,
I believe I have everything attached this time. My apologies for the attachments not being there for you in the previous email.
Please do not hesitate to let me know if you need anything further.
Maryan
Maryan Platz
Administrative Assistant
Winchester Police Department
6 Parker St.
Winchester, NH 03470
Phone: 603.239.4814
Fax: 603.239.6845
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From: Granite State News Collaborative
Hello, Maryan —
Thank you for resending these so quickly! There are many files, so I wonder whether there was some issue with the transferal the first time around. I'll let you know if I have any questions about the records you've provided, and I hope the week goes easily for you!
Best wishes,
Beryl
From: Winchester Police Department
Beryl,
Thanks so much for letting me know you received them this time. I have no idea what happened the first time, but I agree about some sort of transferral issues.
Have a wonderful afternoon!
Maryan
Maryan Platz
Administrative Assistant
Winchester Police Department
6 Parker St.
Winchester, NH 03470
Phone: 603.239.4814
Fax: 603.239.6845
From: Granite State News Collaborative
Hi Maryan,
My name is Cassidy Jensen and I'm a reporter at the Concord Monitor. My colleague Beryl Lipton submitted this original request over the summer. I know there were some initial issues with transferring all the documents so I wanted to make sure we received everything. I am looking for the staffing information we requested and I only see expenditure information, with the oldest information from 2007. Are we missing some documents with spending from the years 2000 and 2001, and police staffing numbers more generally?
You can reach me at 603-369-3322 with any questions. Thank you so much for your help in fulfilling this request.
Thanks,
Cassidy
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Hampshire Right to Know Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 27, 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: Winchester Police Department
I have forwarded your request to our HR department as I have no access to information from that time period. The person I sent it to is our HR Director and her name is Amy Bond. She would have payroll, budget and personnel statffing data from that time period. Her email address is abond@winchester.nh.gov
Maryan
Maryan Platz
Administrative Assistant
Winchester Police Department
6 Parker St.
Winchester, NH 03470
Phone: 603.239.4814
Fax: 603.239.6845
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