Rhode Island police certification 2023-3-3
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Submitted | July 24, 2023 |
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From: Sam Stecklow
To Whom It May Concern:
This is a public records request made via MuckRock under the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act, 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 are seeking data about lateral transfers of police officers within Rhode Island.
Please provide any spreadsheets, databases, or logs showing as much of the following information as is maintained in that format regarding officer lateral transfers:
* Officer's full name
* Officer's unique ID
* Date of transfer application
* Agency transferring from
* Date of transfer approval
* Agency transferring to
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
Journalist
Invisible Institute
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 24, 2023. 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: Rhode Island Police Officers Commission On Standards And Training
Dear Mr. Stecklow:
Please see attached in response to your request.
If you need anything further, feel free to contact our office.
Office of Legal Counsel
Rhode Island Department of Public Safety
311 Danielson Pike | Scituate, RI 02857
Office: 401 764 0537 | Fax: 401 444 1105
records@risp.gov<mailto:records@risp.gov>| www.dps.ri.gov<http://www.dps.ri.gov/>
[State of Rhode Island: Department of Public Safety]
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