Missing Native Americans (Ulster County Sheriffs Office)

Urban Indigenous Collective filed this request with the Ulster County Sheriffs Office of Kingston, NY.
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From: Urban Indigenous Collective


To Whom It May Concern:

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

Basic information on all cases (open and closed) of missing American Indian/Alaska Native persons (including juveniles) within your region, from 2000 through 2020; 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 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Urban Indigenous Collective

From: Ulster County Sheriffs Office

Attached is the response for your recent FOIL request.

-James Kalish
Records Clerk Ulster County Jail

From: Urban Indigenous Collective

Thank you for replying back to our FOIL request,

We have a few follow up questions:
1. Do you keep records of missing cases in your jurisdiction?
2. Do you keep these records based on race/ethnicity, gender, age, and/or other demographic characteristics?
3. If you do not have any records pertaining to missing Native Americans/Alaska Natives, do you have any records of murdered Native America/Alaska Natives in file in your jurisdiction?

Thank you in advance for your anticipated participation in the matter.

Sincerely,

Urban Indigenous Collective

From: Ulster County Sheriffs Office

We have a few follow up questions:
1. Do you keep records of missing cases in your jurisdiction? Yes, we do keep records of missing cases that the Ulster County Sheriff has responded to.

2. Do you keep these records based on race/ethnicity, gender, age, and/or other demographic characteristics? Our records gather various details regarding demographic statistics such as race/ethncicity, gender, age, etc. We are then able to search our records by one or combination of multiple data values.

3. If you do not have any records pertaining to missing Native Americans/Alaska Natives, do you have any records of murdered Native America/Alaska Natives in file in your jurisdiction? When searching our records for missing persons of Native American/Alaska Natives that the Ulster County Sheriff responded to, no records were found. When searching for Death Investigations, no records came up in the range of 2000-2020.

Additionally, if any record had come up that happened to involve a case that was still, open and active, it would not be available to be released.

Thank you

-James Kalish
Records Clerk Ulster County Sheriff's Office

From: Ulster County Sheriffs Office

On Aug. 31, 2022:

Subject: Re: New York Freedom of Information Law Request: Missing Native Americans (Ulster County Sheriffs Office)
We have a few follow up questions:
1. Do you keep records of missing cases in your jurisdiction? Yes, we do keep records of missing cases that the Ulster County Sheriff has responded to.

2. Do you keep these records based on race/ethnicity, gender, age, and/or other demographic characteristics? Our records gather various details regarding demographic statistics such as race/ethncicity, gender, age, etc. We are then able to search our records by one or combination of multiple data values.

3. If you do not have any records pertaining to missing Native Americans/Alaska Natives, do you have any records of murdered Native America/Alaska Natives in file in your jurisdiction? When searching our records for missing persons of Native American/Alaska Natives that the Ulster County Sheriff responded to, no records were found. When searching for Death Investigations, no records came up in the range of 2000-2020.

Additionally, if any record had come up that happened to involve a case that was still, open and active, it would not be available to be released.

Thank you

-James Kalish
Records Clerk Ulster County Sheriff's Office

-James Kalish
Records Clerk Ulster County Sheriff's Office

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