Hello,
This is a request under
the Massachusetts Public Records Law.
This request is being
sent to law enforcement agencies throughout the commonwealth. Recipients on
this email include the individuals designated by their police department or
municipality as their public records manager. If you are receiving this email
and are not the person to fulfill the request, please forward this request to
the appropriate person.
We request answers to
the following questions and/or to inspect the following public records
pertaining to law enforcement entities:
1. Has your police
department, office or agency ever employed, contracted or otherwise utilized
any mental health clinicians while responding to calls for service? If so,
please provide the names of the clinicians employed/used and provide any
contracts related to their arrangement.
2. A copy of all
departmental policies and standards related to mental health response and training.
3. A copy of your
department’s de-escalation policy.
4. A spreadsheet of
calls to service since January 2017 in which one of the aforementioned mental
health clinicians was involved in your department’s response. Please include
all fields, including but not limited to identification numbers for the call to
service and any relevant investigations/cases linked to the call. Please also
include incidents in which clinicians were contacted or provided services but
didn’t come to the scene. Additionally, please provide data documentation
related to this spreadsheet, including the record layout, data dictionary,
schema, readme or similar documents. Please send the data in one of the
following formats: comma-separated values, Excel or SQL. If the database is not
in one of these formats, please provide it in its native file format.
When fulfilling this
records request, please send the requested materials to each of the following
email addresses: kstucker@gannett.com,
jcohen1@gannett.com and jcohen@wickedlocal.com. Questions
involving the request should be sent to all three accounts.
Thank you very much for
your time and I look forward to working with you on these requests,
Kyle
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Kyle Stucker
New England justice reporter
USA TODAY Network
(603) 767-1301
(cell)
@KyleStucker
In response to your public records request.
1. See attached
2. All policies and procedures of the Everett Police Department can be found on our website, everettpolicema.com
3. All policies and procedures of the Everett Police Department can be found on our website, everettpolicema.com
4. See attached
Request Date
2022-08-01
Agency Tracking
2022-0540
Acquisition Notes
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