Oregon Police Reciprocal Certifications 2023-5-9
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| Submitted | May 9, 2023 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Sam Stecklow
To Whom It May Concern:
This is a public records request made via MuckRock under the Oregon Public Records Law, seeking records related to law enforcement officer certification in this state.
This request is brought by Big Local News along with a collaboration of news organizations, including ABC News, KQED, MuckRock, the Invisible Institute and other news organizations. Big Local News is a program of Stanford University’s Journalism and Democracy Initiative and helps journalists collect, process and analyze public data.
We request any spreadsheets, logs, data, or other similar documents maintained by ODPSST sufficient to show the following information regarding law enforcement officers who receive reciprocal certifications in Oregon due to their previous certification in other states. Specifically, please provide as many of the following data points as are maintained:
- Unique ID
- Name
- Previous state that the officer was previously certified by
- Date of Oregon certification
If your certification system contains data elements not listed above, please include them in the response, provided they are releasable under the law. On the other hand, we recognize some of the information we are asking for may not be tracked by your system. If that is the case, we are willing to accept as many of the data elements as your agency maintains. If some records are more readily available, we are happy to receive partial information as soon as possible while the remaining request is processed.
In addition to the data elements listed, we request documentation necessary to understand and interpret the data, including but not limited to record layouts, data dictionaries, code sheets, lookup tables, etc.
Our preference is to receive structured data provided in a machine-readable text file, such as delimited or fixed-width formats. We can also handle a variety of other data formats including SQL databases, Excel workbooks and MS Access. If there are additional formats your agency would prefer to provide, please let us know.
We are seeking this information as a news media organization on a matter of public interest concerning the conduct of government. As such, we ask for a waiver of all fees, if allowed under state law. If fees are necessary to reimburse the agency for actual costs, we agree to pay up to $100. If costs exceed that amount, please let us know before fulfilling the request.
Please send clarifications and questions via electronic communication at any time. Thank you very much for your time and attention to this request.
Sam Stecklow
Invisible Institute
From: Oregon Department Of Public Safety Standards & Training
Greetings Sam,
Your records request has been received and placed in our work queue for attention. We will follow up with you as soon as possible.
Rebecca Hannon
Files Maintenance Specialist
DPSST Records
503|373|2105
Dpsst.records@dpsst.oregon.gov
From: Oregon Department Of Public Safety Standards & Training
Greetings,
The DPSST only began tracking reciprocal certifications in 2021. Since that time we have processed just under 100 individual applications for reciprocity. The attached Excel spreadsheet contains the complete number of requests processed to date. The first tab on the bottom are requests in process. The 2nd tab on the bottom shows the “closed” requests, which means they are completed. We estimate it will take about two hours of clerical staff time to research the certification dates.
We charge for clerical staff time at the rate of $25.00 per hour, which would result in a fee of $50.00, however, we agree to waive the first half hour of staff time which reduces the fee to $37.50. This fee must be paid before we will commence work on the research. I have attached a Credit Card Authorization Form for you to pay by credit or debit card. The completed and signed form must be returned to the fax number provided at the top of the form. We do not accept payment by email. Once full payment is received we will work to fulfill the request.
Rebecca Hannon
Files Maintenance Specialist
DPSST Records
503|373|2105
Dpsst.records@dpsst.oregon.gov
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From: Sam Stecklow
Hi Rebecca
I think having the 2021-present timeframe is enough for right now. I will get back in touch if we do need the specific date.
Thanks!
Sam
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