Police Officers Living in Public Housing (Boston Police Department)

Dear Joshua Dankoff
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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

1. Rules, policies, or other practice documents concerning residency restrictions for police officers, command staff, and other police staff. If residency restrictions allow for a waiver, then records for each year from 2016 through 2021 that reflect
(a) the number of residency rule waivers applied,
(b) the stated reason for the residency waiver, and
(c) the outcome of the residency waiver.

2. Rules, policies, or other practice documents from your municipality that lay out whether police department staff (including officers) can receive housing subsidies and/or live in public housing, even if they do not qualify under the income guidelines.

3. Records that indicate for each year from 2016 through 2021 how many police department staff (including officers and staff of all ranks) live in public housing, and the name of the housing development where the officer lives. This can either be a snapshot on January 1st of each year 2016 through 2021, or a summary of the entire period

4. Records that indicate housing allowances or other subsidized housing (not already covered in question 3 above) provided to police department staff (including officers and command staff) in your or another municipality.

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.

I expect the request to be filled in an accessible format, including for screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to read print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.

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, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Joshua Dankoff

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Joshua
Here's the link to the Residency Requirement. the relevant part: https://codelibrary.amlegal. (https://u8387778.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=6HtRfOYLt5fXvpttM-2FU1HdxINp3nyYmwB1W0EL4vpcWuvPU81KSORxgt9Gu3G-2BCDCE4ja5BIyG-2BcZfg7NeFzSpK0uZEuT4vq6M-2BDCTBDCfc-3DWWoR_oKC9oXl0Fq6stoTIR3dQ-2BiY2N7kpeRf22Lam0gVKPCiLntR8E6DWOlx1rwuKf5amo95R36lLzsZbwG6oMIfizpgRzMJoDiTa1f0fWKerdts9GhA1JsvopZS-2BkQSEaQddnlkzbwMVwyRln627EDYypfqnu-2BJb6ycwL9N-2BcvT0WWAlf6lEmhRMwHAvjdH9kSacQsLAP3Go-2BD8-2FLpLMLPs7XP8psfz6C1aMN84OEDv3-2BfK4QYiGW4gYkaf6IESZ8sRmaQcd31W4vFcVeFrcM-2FYu76QDQ4-2BUw6LrdBNdgG9pE8LfXRy4W7Y-2F3ocb-2ByhdeRtRAOI-2FzD-2BLJr8TG9esRx0zE0Xe8F65eyH9G8IoytUgrOoeqguV9mgJl82z9b6kdmIeaK-2F500TyT64mGtq1kyaqRw-3D-3D) com/codes/boston/latest/ boston_ma/0-0-0-627 Every person first employed by the City of Boston on or after July 1, 1976, shall be a resident of the City of Boston, and shall not cease to be a resident of the City of Boston during his employment by the City. For the purposes of this ordinance, an employee shall be any person receiving monies from the City subject to withholding taxes by the State or Federal Government, except principal employees and officers subject to the provisions of subsection 5-5.2 hereof All persons promoted by the City on or after July 1, 1976, shall be, or within one year of such promotion become, a resident of the City as defined herein. Failure to do so shall be determined to be a voluntary termination of employment.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any current sworn member of the command staff of the Boston Police Department or senior management appointee in the Boston Fire Department who immediately prior to such appointment was a member of a collective bargaining unit and who, under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, previously lived in the City for ten consecutive years during such employment but at the time of his appointment no longer resided in the City. Any sworn member of the command staff of the Boston Police Department appointed after January 1, 2016 shall be, or within the six (6) months next following the date of his acceptance of such appointment shall become, both a resident and registered voter of the City of Boston and each such officer shall continue to be both a resident and a registered voter of the City of Boston during his term of office.

I am not aware of any residency waivers . Waivers are handled by the Residency Commission.
We do not track whether or not employees live in subsidized housing.
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