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City/Town Clerk
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Police
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School Board
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Full compliance
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Viewed with improper
restrictions,
according to FOIA
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Not in compliance
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X
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X
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X
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Town Clerk:
The requestor
spoke to a young woman who said that the only way she would be able to show the
requestor
anything would be for her
to come in with a request for
specific names. She was not willing to copy everything,
and she said that in order
to block out the social security numbers
the requestor
would have to tell her which one she wanted to
see.
Police Department:
An older police officer
said he wasn’t sure what the requestor
was asking for. She
was asked for a reason
for her request. He then said that everything
is on the computer anyway, so there
was nothing that she could just look over. When she asked if she could see the computer
files, he said, “Not unless you break in.”
Superintendent’s
Office:
The requestor
was sent to 4 different people before
she spoke to the personnel officer. The officer said that she
was not allowed to give the requestor
what she wanted, and the woman who was in charge
was not there. The requestor
was asked for identification and a reason
for her request
and was told she would need to come back “some other
time.”
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City/Town Clerk
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Police
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School Board
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Full compliance
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Viewed with improper
restrictions,
according to FOIA
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Not in compliance
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X
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X
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X
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Town Clerk:
The requestor
was asked for a reason
for his request. He spoke with the Computer
Input Personnel, a receptionist,
who said that the marriage
license applications were not public records. The receptionist would
not black out the social security numbers
and would only search a specific social security
number
Police Department:
The requestor
was asked for identification, a reason
for the request
and to submit a formal request. There was a sign on the
wall of the police department that listed the different
forms of I.D. that were
required to
obtain records. The requestor
said that a driver’s
license was on the list but that the receptionist
would not accept a his driver’s
license when he tried to use it to obtain the records. When the requestor
said that he would rather
not provide identification, the receptionist
responded with “Well I would rather
not give you what you need.” The receptionist
maintained that he must speak with the sergeant
who was unavailable.
Superintendent’s
Office:
The requestor
was asked for identification and a reason
for his request,
and was asked to submit a formal request
with a specific reason for
the request. He spoke
with a receptionist then was referred
to the Executive Director
of Human Resources. She
said she was “unable to release the records
without a specific reason and identification.”
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City/Town Clerk
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Police
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School Board
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Full compliance
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X
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Viewed with improper
restrictions,
according to FOIA
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Not in compliance
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X
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X
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Town Clerk:
The requestor
spoke to a woman at the front desk of the clerk’s
office. She allowed him to see a blank
document, but when he again told her he wanted to see the applications from
the current
and preceding months she would not allow
it. She stressed
the effort it would take her
to photo copy and black out the social security
numbers.
Police Department:
The requestor
spoke to the officers at the front
desk. He was told that they did not have
an arrest log
that he could view,
but he could view press releases. They were
cooperative in allowing him to see the information
they had.
Superintendent’s
Office:
The requestor
spoke to the superintendent’s secretary. When he asked to see the records,
she immediately asked for a reason. When the requestor
told her he would rather
not say, she crossed her
arms and glared
at him, saying that she would not even think about giving them to him unless
she knew why. Another
nearby secretary
said that if the requestor
put the request in writing
and sent it in, then maybe it would be possible.
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City/Town Clerk
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Police
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School Board
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Full compliance
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X
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Viewed with improper
restrictions,
according to FOIA
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Not in compliance
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X
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X
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Town Clerk:
The requestor
spoke to a woman at the clerk’s office who was
somewhat uncooperative. He was told straight
out that he could not view applications.
The requestor
asked again, emphasizing that the social security
numbers should be blacked out and again was
denied. She gave him the number
to call the town clerk directly
as she did not seem to understand whether
or not she could hand this information
out.
Police Department:
The requestor
spoke to an officer. The requestor
was allowed to view the arrest
book, but he had to look at it through a glass
window while the officer flipped the
pages. He asked the requestor
a number of times if he was looking for
someone specific and the requestor
told him he just needed to look through it.
Superintendent’s
Office:
The requestor
spoke to a woman at the front desk of the superintendent’s
office. She would not allow him to view
anything. When he asked to see the
attendance records,
she laughed at him and asked why he thought he would be able to view them. She said that maybe if the requestor
put the request in writing
and their lawyers
allowed it, then he could maybe view the records. But she said this wasn’t
information she could just hand out.
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City/Town Clerk
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Police
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School Board
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Full compliance
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X
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Viewed with improper
restrictions,
according to FOIA
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X
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Not in compliance
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X
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Town Clerk:
The requestor
spoke to two receptionists. One gave him an odd look when he asked for
the information. She then asked who he was and why he wanted
to see them. When he wouldn’t
say she went and spoke with the other receptionist
briefly.
Eventually she came back with copies of the record
for the requestor
to look at with the social security numbers
blacked out.
Police Department:
The requestor
spoke with the officer who was at the front
desk when he walked in. He made the request,
and the officer had no problem
with the requestor
looking at the records. The officer
did ask the requestor
what he wanted it for ,after
it was handed to him.
Superintendent’s
Office:
The requestor
spoke to the receptionist behind the desk in
the office. At first he was told
flat out “no.” After
the requestor
pressed the issue, the receptionist
asked whom he was and what his reason
was for wanting the information. When the requestor
wouldn’t say, she said he could come back with a written
request for
the superintendent. The superintendent
was not there at the time.
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City/Town Clerk
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Police
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School Board
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Full compliance
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X
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Viewed with improper
restrictions,
according to FOIA
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Not in compliance
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X
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X
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Town Clerk:
The requestor
spoke to younger woman secretary. She said the applications were
in the book and she couldn’t alter the records
in the book to black out the Social Security
numbers. The requestor
asked her if she could simply cover
the numbers; she said no. An
older woman asked if the requestor
was with “a particular
organization.” The requestor
said she would rather
not say, then the older
woman said they don’t show people applications.
Police Department:
The requestor
asked a mid-20’s officer behind the window if
she could see the arrest
records. He said he couldn’t show her
the records. The requestor
asked again if he was sure he couldn’t
show her the records;
he repeated he could not.
Superintendent’s
Office:
The requestor
spoke to a receptionist. She
went to get someone to help. She returned
about three minutes later
and asked the requestor
to return
later in the day because the office was about
to close for lunch. The
requestor returned
two days later and the receptionist
had copies of the records
for her.
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City/Town Clerk
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Police
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School Board
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Full compliance
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X
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Viewed with improper
restrictions,
according to FOIA
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Not in compliance
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X
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X
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Town Clerk:
The requestor
spoke with a receptionist who said that the marriage
license applications were not public records
and that she would not black out the social security
numbers. The receptionist
told the requestor,
“The state has deemed that they were not
public records
even without social security numbers.”
Police Department:
The requestor
was initially going to be charged for
the records,
but eventually he was not after he explained
again that he only wished to view the records,
not keep them. The receptionist
was helpful and cooperative.
Superintendent’s
Office:
The requestor
was asked for identification.
He spoke with a receptionist, then was referred
to a supervisor
who was unavailable at the time. He was told by the receptionist
that she “cannot release the records
without the supervisor’s
permission.”
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City/Town Clerk
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Police
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School Board
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Full compliance
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X
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Viewed with improper
restrictions,
according to FOIA
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Not in compliance
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X
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X
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Town Clerk:
The requester
spoke to a receptionist at the marriage
license department at the town clerk’s
office. When the requestor
asked for the records,
the receptionist paused and asked me to repeat
myself. The receptionist
said for the 13 years
she has worked here,
no one had ever asked that question. The receptionist also
said, “It would take a while to get the records
ready and that [the requestor]
should come back after she blacked out the
Social Security numbers
at 11 a.m.” The
requester was
asked if she was from the area. The receptionist then
offered her
card if the requestor
needed information in the future. The requestor
was allowed to view the records.
Police Department:
The requester
spoke with a receptionist at the records
department and the Lieutenant of Public Information
at the police department. When
she asked for the records,
the receptionist said she did not know if she
could give that out. So, she contacted the Lieutenant
who told the requestor
to identify herself and asked her
reason for
wanting the records. Then the requestor
was told to write a letter
under FOI for
the weeks needed. The requester
was also asked if she worked for
a newspaper.
Superintendent’s
Office:
The requester
spoke with a Human Resources receptionist
and a receptionist for
the superintendent of schools at the superintendent’s
office. At first, she
was directed to the super’s
office by the Human Resources receptionist
who did not know what she wanted at that point. The requestor
noted: “She was pleasant at first.” When she got to the superintendent’s
office, a receptionist in the area
redirected her
to either Town Hall or
back to Human Resources, saying “she would not
have the information.” The
Human Resources lady’s demeanor
changed when asked for the records. She said, “She was not authorized
to give out the information and that the Human
Resource person
who could was not there.” The
requestor was
then asked what she wanted the records
for and if she was a teacher.
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City/Town Clerk
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Police
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School Board
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Full compliance
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Viewed with improper
restrictions,
according to FOIA
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Not in compliance
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X
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X
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X
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Town Clerk:
The town clerk refused
the request on the grounds that it
would take too long to make all the copies and black out the social security
numbers.
She said it would be easier if the requestor
told them why he needed them.
Police Department:
The secretary
for the records
division at the police department said that
they didn’t have an arrest
record that
the requestor
could look at and that it was all computerized. He spoke with the department’s
police information officer,
who offered to let him view the incident report
log on which arrests
were noted.
However, the incident report
did not include names, addresses, and charges
against those arrested.
Superintendent’s
Office:
The secretary
initially denied the request, but then asked
the superintendent if the request
could be allowed. The superintendent
said he could provide the requestor
with the requested documents, but it would
take 24 to 48 hours because the secretary
would need to manually black out the reason
for absence on all the documents. The superintendent
also asked the requestor
his name, but was fine with the requestor
saying he would prefer
not to identify himself.
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City/Town Clerk
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Police
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School Board
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Full compliance
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X
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X
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Viewed with improper
restrictions,
according to FOIA
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Not in compliance
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X
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Town Clerk:
At the town clerk, everything
went smoothly. The requestor
forgot to ask to black out the social security
numbers. She said
that he could look at the marriage
application licenses but she had to black out the social security
numbers. The requestor
apologized and she showed him as many licenses as he wanted.
Police Department:
At the police office the requestor
was directed to the records
department where
he asked for the arrest
log. They said that there
wasn’t a separate record
for arrest,
and everything he needed was in the log
book right in front
of me. The log book
didn’t show whether or
not people were arrested
in any of the incidents. When the requestor
asked again if there was a separate arrest log she said that
everything he needed was in the book.
Superintendent’s
Office:
At the superintendent
office, a woman asked for the requestor’s
name and wanted to call him tomorrow
when the records
would be ready. She
told him that it was also an unusual question to ask. The
requestor
convinced her to let him come back in an hour. When he came back she seemed to realize
that she made a mistake. She apologized and said she
misunderstood the question. She
said that she thought the requestor
wanted to copy them and explained that her
boss was gone and things were hectic and said
that, “In today’s world, the climate is tense.’ She gave the requestor
the records
to look at. She also gave him a copy of the FOI act
and explained what he was asking for and why
he could have it, as if he didn’t know.
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City/Town Clerk
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Police
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School Board
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Full compliance
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Viewed with improper
restrictions,
according to FOIA
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X
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Not in compliance
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X
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X
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Town Clerk:
The requestor
was asked for a reason
for his request
and to make a written request. He spoke with the assistant town clerk
and also the town clerk. The
assistant clerk said she didn’t
know if she could give that out, so she brought
out the town clerk. They repeatedly
asked if the requestor
wanted a specific name. She told the requestor
“You can make a written request
and we could get it to you within a week.”
He asked if she could just show him the sheet and cover
the numbers.
“We don’t have the manpower to do
that,” she said. Meanwhile, four
workers sat around
with no one else in the office asking for
help.
Police Department:
The requestor
was asked for identification and for
a reason for
his request. He spoke
to the dispatcher; there
was also a man with a shaved head and a woman in the office. They
asked the requestor
several times “Were
you arrested? Why do you want to see these? Who
are you? Why are
you here? Were
you arrested? Who is your officer? What do you need to see specifically? Oh,
yeah, were you arrested?” They told him that Only the arresting
officer can let you see your specific file, and the files are
actually held by the court and they’re
the only ones who can release it. They asked if the requestor
wanted to see an officer. He
said yes. The requestor
waited for about 20 minutes. Finally an officer
came out, asked what he wanted to see, asked if he had a reason,
and came back with the arrest
book. He asked if the requestor
wanted to see one in particular,
he told him no, he just wanted to look at the whole thing. He said “Usually
people have a reason.” The requestor
took the book (labeled “News Releases”) which had arrest
records going
back to the beginning of the year,
plus accident reports
and other releases
and looked it over, then gave it back.
Superintendent’s
Office:
The requestor
was asked for identification and to give a reason
for his request. He spoke to three different
women at human resources,
who he noted as “completely uncooperative.” He was told “They are not
public record,”
was asked, “Are you a student, a teache