Missing Native Americans
Submitted | April 13, 2019 |
Est. Completion | None |
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From: Sovereign Bodies Institute
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Wisconsin Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Basic information on all cases (open and closed) of missing American Indian/Alaska Native persons (including juveniles) within the state, from 2000 through 2019; 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 10 business days.
Sincerely,
Sovereign Bodies Institute
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 13, 2019. 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: Wisconsin State Patrol
To Whom It May Concern,
We are responding to your request for the second time regarding your open records request. In your request you asked the following:
* "Basic information on all cases (open and closed) of missing American Indian/Alaska Native persons (including juveniles) within the state, from 2000 through 2019; 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 Wisconsin State Patrol does not have any records regarding your request.
Scott Erdman
DOT Program Officer
Wisconsin State Patrol
4822 Madison Yards Way, 9th Floor South
Madison, WI 53705-9100
608-709-0058
scott.erdman@dot.wi.gov
From: Sovereign Bodies Institute
Mr Erdman,
Thank you for this response. This request is for a national project assessing law enforcement and court response to cases of missing Native American youth, which will be published by Sovereign Bodies Institute. We understand the State of Wisconsin does not maintain data on missing Native Americans, and we will print that in the report.
Thanks,
Annita
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 13, 2019. 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: Wisconsin State Patrol
Can you please let me know what you are requesting? In our precious response we stated we do not have records for the following:
"Basic information on all cases (open and closed) of missing American Indian/Alaska Native persons (including juveniles) within the state, from 2000 through 2019; 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."
Thanks!
Scott Erdman
DOT Program Officer
Wisconsin State Patrol
4822 Madison Yards Way, 9th Floor South
Madison, WI 53705-9100
608-709-0058
scott.erdman@dot.wi.gov
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From: Sovereign Bodies Institute
Mr. Erdman,
We are asking for raw data not aggregate statistics. We are requesting any data and basic information regarding cases of missing American Indian/Alaskan Native people. If you do not maintain data on missing Native Americans/Alaskan Native people we will print that in the report.
Thank you,
Sovereign Bodies Institute
From: Wisconsin State Patrol
We do not maintain this information.