Connecticut § 53-37 Arrests (Vernon Police Department)
Multi Request | Connecticut § 53-37 Arrests |
Submitted | April 19, 2022 |
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From: Adam Steinbaugh
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Please provide a copy of any crime/incident report (or similar police reports) in which a person was investigated, stopped, cited, arrested, or charged with violating Connecticut General Statutes § 53-37 (or "ridicule"). This request is limited to reports generated on or after October 1, 2020, through the present date.
I also request that, if possible and pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-212(d), fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest and not made for commercial gain. The requested documents will be processed by a representative of the news media/press and made available to the public at MuckRock.com.
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 4 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Adam Steinbaugh
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Connecticut Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 22, 2022. 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: Vernon Police Department
Good Morning,
Please accept this as a response to your recent FOI request to the Vernon CT Police Department. A review of of records reflects that we have not had any arrests for 53-37 on or after October 1, 2020.
Our historical date indicates that we have 7 total arrests that were transferred into our electronic record system. These date back to 2000. Of the seven( 7 )arrests: four (4 )were found guilty, one(1) was dismissed, one(1) has substitute information ( 53a-182) and one (1) was NOLLED.
Take Care,
Christine
Christine Lee
Records Supervisor
Vernon Police Department
860-872-9126
From: Adam Steinbaugh
Hello Christine --
Thanks for your fast response!
Would it be possible to get copies of the incident/arrest reports from those seven arrests?
Thanks!
From: Vernon Police Department
Good Morning,
Below is a summary of the arrests:
Case # 12-10875 Guilty finding report attached
Case # 09-12648 Guilty finding - unable to retrieve report
Case # 16-5404 Case dismissed - report not releasable
Case # 06-15509 Guilty Finding - report attached
Case # 14-13404 Guilty Finding - report attached
Case # 00-3893 Substitute Information ( 53-182) unable to retrieve report
Case # 01-10687 Case was NOLLED - report not releasable.
Take Care,
Christine