Police union contract/collective bargaining agreement (Buffalo Police Department)

Beryl Lipton filed this request with the Buffalo Police Department of Buffalo, NY.
Multi Request Police union contract/collective bargaining agreement
Est. Completion None
Status
Fix Required

From: Beryl Lipton

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the New York Freedom of Information Law, I hereby request the following records:

A copy of the current collective bargaining agreement (also known as a collective agreement or a union contract) between this department/agency and the local police union/fraternal order/benevolent association (or similar/equivalent organization). This includes any and all memorandums of understanding or similar agreements. Please provide all associated addendums, amendments, appendices, exhibits, and other supplemental and supporting documents.

Here are examples of responsive materials provided by other agencies in response to similar requests:
https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2018/02/27/2-21-18_MR18491_RES_IDC000697-022018.pdf (Long Beach, California)
https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2015/08/24/Collective_Bargaining_Agreement_1.pdf (St. Louis, Missouri)
https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2015/12/14/TPPA_2015-2017.pdf (Toledo, Ohio)
https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2020/07/17/2020-134_2020-02-18_Meet___Confer_Agreement_Waco_Police_Association.pdf (Waco, Texas)

This request is being submitted as a collaborative research effort in the public interest. It is being submitted to your agency partially due to public feedback that your locality should be included in this work. This request is being submitted in the public interest and without any commercial interest.

We will appreciate that your agency assesses any necessary fees according to the public and academic interest with which this request is being made. 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 be filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not. There is also an upload link provided as part of the electronic version of this message that we encourage your agency to use to transfer files.

If you have any questions or need additional clarification about this request, please let me know.

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,

Beryl Lipton

From: Buffalo Police Department

Date: 03/01/2021

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Re: FOIL Request (PBA Collective bargaining agreement)

The City of Buffalo Police Department is in receipt of your Freedom of
Information Law request. Please allow this letter to serve as an
acknowledgment of your request pursuant to New York State Public Officer’s
Law, Section 89, entitled Freedom of Information Law.

Please be advised that your request is being processed by the Police
Department. BPD will then conduct a diligent search to determine whether we
are in possession of the record for which you seek access. Due to the large
number of requests the department is currently handling, please allow (45)
business days for a determination regarding your request for records.

Please be advised also that access to Public Officers Law, 87(1)(b), the
costs for copied material is $0.25 per page not in the access of 9”x14”.

Respectfully,
Jeff Rinaldo

Captain
HQ

From: Buffalo Police Department

Date: 04/21/2021

requests@muckrock.com
Beryl Lipton

Re: FOIL Request: (PBA collective bargaining agreement)

The City of Buffalo Police Department (BPD) is in receipt of your Freedom
of Information Law request. Please allow this letter to serve as an
acknowledgment of your request pursuant to New York State Public Officer’s
Law, Section 89, entitled Freedom of Information Law.

The BPD has researched your request for information pertaining to PBA
collective bargaining agreement. Did you need the entire agreement
(446)pages at .25 per page or did you need the most recent updates to the
agreement (8) pages at $0.25 per page. Please let me know. If you have any
other requests could you please email me back so I can appropriatly fufil
this request. I do apploligize for the delay I just recently took over.