Nashua Ward 1 Democrat Jan Schmidt claimed in a recent Facebook post that “several reps from Merrimack now have police protection because of the hate grog has whipped up – for absolutely no reason.”
A pretty serious assertion…and because I have some experience being the recipient of the physical expression of Democrat political “hate”, I wanted to know what truth, if any, was in her assertion. And if true, why only “reps”, and not pitiful and unworthy plebs like me, are entitled to such.
So, after reading her post, I sent the following Right-to-Know request to Chief Denise Roy of the Merrimack, NH police department:
“Dear Chief Roy,
This request is made pursuant to Part 1, Article 8 of the New Hampshire Constitution and New Hampshire’s Right to Know Law codified at RSA 91-A et seq. Please provide me with access to the following described governmental records in the possession and or control of the Merrimack, NH police department and or its respective staff:
- All government records, including but not limited to meeting minutes, agendas, e-mails, electronic data, letters, internal communications, external communications, proposals, agreements, and or duty assignments, of any kind or with any regard to or referencing the number of Merrimack police department protection duty assignments have been made to or on behalf of any or all of the Town of Merrimack’s General Court delegation for or during the years 2015 through May 31, 2019.
- All government records, including but not limited to meeting minutes, agendas, e-mails, electronic data, letters, internal communications, external communications, proposals, agreements, and or duty assignments, of any kind or with any regard to or referencing the manner in which and or all Merrimack police department protection duty assignments have been made to or on behalf of any or all of the Town of Merrimack’s General Court delegation for or during the years 2015 through May 31, 2019 were paid.
If you deny any portion of this request, please cite the specific exemption used to justify the denial to make each record, or part thereof, available for inspection.
Unless other mutually satisfactory arrangements can be made, I will come to your offices to inspect and make copies of the foregoing records during normal business hours on Friday, June 7, 2019 in the afternoon. Please let me know if you would prefer to e-mail me copies of the requested documents.”
By law, the Department must respond within 5 days detailing how it plans to comply with the request. Granted, I’ve had no luck with the lawyers at the NH State Police in getting answers to Right-to-Know requests about assaults on yours truly, but I’m naive enough to believe that local law enforcement on the ground, not the ones in suits and ties, still value and practice honesty.
I will keep Grok readers advised.