NH police budget and employment data (Grafton County) (Orford Police Department)
| Multi Request | NH police budget and employment data (Grafton County) |
| Submitted | June 24, 2021 |
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From: Granite State News Collaborative
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the New Hampshire Right to Know Law, I respectfully request the following records related to this municipality's police department hiring, employment, and funding for the budget years 2000 through 2020:
BUDGET and FUNDING DATA - Records sufficient to show funding for municipal law enforcement offices and activities for the years 2000 through 2020.
If possible, please provide the itemized budget allocated for public safety and police department activities for each year, as well as records sufficient to show any additional funding received through other means, including but not limited to:
• funds for capital expenditures
• grants
• donations
HIRING and EMPLOYMENT DATA - Records sufficient to show the following data regarding police department employment for the years 2000 through 2020.
• The number of employed law enforcement officers (as defined by RSA 105-D:1). Please provide the date on which the provided numbers were accurate.
• Annual demographic information (age, race, gender) of law enforcement officers employed by this municipality
• Annual demographic information (age, race, gender) of any individual employed in a position of leadership within this municipality’s public safety or law enforcement department
If any of the requested information is available in aggregate form, provision of this aggregate information by year would likely satisfy this request. If there are any known caveats involved with the data and information your office is able to provide, I would really appreciate it if you could share them with me.
*Please note* that if any of the requested information is held by another office or agency, direction to the appropriate office would be greatly appreciated.
This request is being made on behalf of the statewide nonprofit Granite State News Collaborative. This request is not being made for commercial purposes. It is being made as part of a journalistic data collection effort to benefit news organizations and the public good throughout the State of New Hampshire.
If your office anticipates that fees associated with the processing of this request, 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.
Please call 617-500-7123 with any questions about this request. If your call is not answered, please leave a message and your call will be returned as soon as possible.
I look forward to receiving your response to this request within five business days, as required by law.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I really appreciate your time and help.
Sincerely,
Beryl Lipton, Granite State News Collaborative
From: Orford Police Department
Pursuant to RSA 91-A:4, I, records from 2000 through 2008 are not
maintained in electronic form and you may come to the Town office between
8-4, Monday-Thursday, to photocopy them. Records from 2009 through 2020
will be available in either electronic form or paper form and are available
at the town office as well.
Town reports dating back to 2000 have the detailed accounting of police
expenditures and receipts and copies of specific pages can be made ($0.50
per page) as requested.
I invite your or your representative for a visit and with appropriate
notice, can have the aforementioned town reports available for your review
upon arrival as well as any of the demographic data that may still exist
regarding the officer/officers working for the department.
Respectfully,
*Jason Bachus*
*Chief of Police*
*Orford Police Department*
*2529 Rt 25A*
*Orford, NH 03777*
603-353-4252 (*Office*)
603-353-4347 (*Dispatch*)
603-353-4251 (*Fax*)
From: Orford Police Department
A copy of documents responsive to the request.
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Responsive Documents
From: Orford Police Department
To Whom it May Concern,
I will be placing a DVD containing the requested information in the mail
tomorrow. All data requested is included on the DVD in PDF or Excel
(protected) format. Any additional information will have to be obtained
via review of the Orford Annual Reports which are available in paper form
at the town offices, Monday through Thursday, 9am-4pm. Copies of paper
documents available for $.50 per page.
Respectfully,
*Jason Bachus*
*Chief of Police*
*Orford Police Department*
*2529 Rt 25A*
*Orford, NH 03777*
603-353-4252 (*Office*)
603-353-4347 (*Dispatch*)
603-353-4251 (*Fax*)
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Hampshire Right to Know Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 24, 2021. 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: Orford Police Department
As indicated a DVD-R was mailed on 7/7/21. Attached are the various
requested documents.
Respectfully,
*Jason Bachus*
*Chief of Police*
*Orford Police Department*
*2529 Rt 25A*
*Orford, NH 03777*
603-353-4252 (*Office*)
603-353-4347 (*Dispatch*)
603-353-4251 (*Fax*)
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