City of Asheville Submitted: March 24, 2022 | Updated: April 27, 2022

(March 2022) Request for City of Asheville, NC Government: Information related to APD “augment shifts” total hours logged, calls dispatched, foot patrols, reports, arrests, and citations 01/01/21 – 03/24/22 (or present day)

Hello City of Asheville, NC Government (Records Officer),

I'd like to make a public records request for the following information under NC Public Records Law.
Ref: https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html

Related to Asheville Police Department – Please provide the following information during the time period of January 01, 2021 through March 24, 2022 (or as of the date the query is performed), for each of the following APD Employees as relates to “augment shifts” specifically:

- Michael Lamb
- Johnathan Brown
- Jackie Stepp

For each of the three named, please include:

- Total hours logged
- Number of calls dispatched
- Number of calls initiated
- Number of times checked out on “foot patrol”
- Number of reports taken
- Number of arrests
- Number of citations

** I am only requesting to know total numbers overall — Please do not include personally identifiable information about individuals (other than APD staff) such as name, address, incident #, citation #, case # etc. Sunshine Request will not publish that type of safety information on their website.
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[Editor's Note to City of AVL Gov: Please ensure that this request is made “public / published" on the City’s Next Request portal so that the public can view ALL associated communications / files / documents, in their entirety within Next Request. Thank you!]

** If you are unable to fulfill any or all parts of this request, please specifically cite where a reason for denial is justified under NC public records law. **

Thank you for your assistance!

Editor’s Note: Sunshine Request makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.

Editor’s Note 03/24/22: We apologize for the delay in processing and publishing this request on our site. Sunshine Request is a project built and run by a small team at PRC Applications. We run the site in addition to our primary business. While we will always do our best to process and follow up on requests as quickly as possible, there may be occasional delays, depending on our availability in a given week or month.

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Status: Completed

Activity:

  • April 27, 2022 12:49 pm

    1 year ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    date: Apr 27, 2022, 12:49 PM
    subject: Re: [External Message Added] City of Asheville public records request #22-147

     

    Good afternoon City of Asheville Public Records,

     

    Thank you for your help with this request. I’ve marked it as completed on our site.

     

    Have a good day.

     

    **Editor’s Note: This request can also be seen on the City’s Public Records Request Portal, NextRequest, at the following link: https://cityofashevillenc.nextrequest.com/requests/22-147


    Status: Completed
  • April 22, 2022 3:03 pm

    2 years ago

    from: City of Asheville Public Records <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    date: Apr 22, 2022, 3:03 PM
    subject: [External Message Added] City of Asheville public records request #22-147

     

    Sunshine Request,

     

    This type of information with respect to personnel is not available.


    Status: Clarification Provided
  • April 15, 2022 4:20 pm

    2 years ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    cc: Public Records Request Inbox <[email protected]>
    date: Apr 15, 2022, 4:20 PM
    subject: Re: Your City of Asheville public records request #22-147 has been closed.

     

    Thank you for your reply.

     

    For our future reference, can you please specify how the City does compile information like this? It would be helpful to note for future requesters should they wish to resubmit. In other words – is there any advice you can give as far as a more appropriate way to structure a request for these types of records which would result in a successful response?

     

    While we understand that this information is not “compiled” as requested, can you please clarify if individual public records exist describing any of the criteria requested? For example – does the City possess public records describing the reports taken by an individual officer, their dispatches on foot patrol, etc?

     

    Thank you!


    Status: Clarification Requested
  • April 13, 2022 12:09 pm

    2 years ago

    from: City of Asheville Public Records <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    date: Apr 13, 2022, 12:09 PM
    subject: Your City of Asheville public records request #22-147 has been closed.

     

    The City of Asheville does not compile information in this manner, therefore the City does not have any records responsive to your request. As outlined in N.C. General Statute § 132-6.2, we are not required to compile information or create a record that does not exist. Your request is now closed. Please reply to this message or contact [email protected] if you have any questions.


    Status: Response Received from Government
  • March 25, 2022 4:58 pm

    2 years ago

    from: City of Asheville Public Records <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    date: Mar 25, 2022, 4:58 PM
    subject: [External Message Added] City of Asheville public records request #22-147

     

    Your public records request has been received by the City of Asheville and has been assigned to the appropriate person(s) for processing. Once processing is complete, you will receive any responsive records. Please reply to this message or contact [email protected] with questions.

     

    **Editor’s Note: This request can be viewed on NextRequest here: https://cityofashevillenc.nextrequest.com/requests/22-147


    Status: Government Processing Request
  • March 25, 2022 2:37 pm

    2 years ago

    **Editor’s Note: This request was sent in via Asheville City’s Government’s public records request portal. As we receive updates, we will post them here on our website. Thank you for using Sunshine Request!

     

    Good afternoon City of Asheville Government,

     

    I’d like to make a public records request for information that may be available in your office.

     

    If you’re not the appropriate party to contact about the request, please provide the correct name and email address of whom I should send it to.

     

    Please confirm receipt to let me know the request will begin processing, and if possible, please provide a rough estimate of when the request may be completed. I will plan on following up again around early April if I have not heard back before then.

     

    Here are the details of the request:

     

    Subject: (March 2022) Request for City of Asheville, NC Government: Information related to APD “augment shifts” total hours logged, calls dispatched, foot patrols, reports, arrests, and citations 01/01/21 – 03/24/22 (or present day)

     

    Message: “Hello City of Asheville, NC Government (Records Officer),

     

    I’d like to make a public records request for the following information under NC Public Records Law.

    Ref: https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html

     

    Related to Asheville Police Department – Please provide the following information during the time period of January 01, 2021 through March 24, 2022 (or as of the date the query is performed), for each of the following APD Employees as relates to “augment shifts” specifically:

     

    – Michael Lamb

    – Johnathan Brown

    – Jackie Stepp

     

    For each of the three named, please include:

     

    – Total hours logged

    – Number of calls dispatched

    – Number of calls initiated

    – Number of times checked out on “foot patrol”

    – Number of reports taken

    – Number of arrests

    – Number of citations

     

    ** I am only requesting to know total numbers overall — Please do not include personally identifiable information about individuals (other than APD staff) such as name, address, incident #, citation #, case # etc. Sunshine Request will not publish that type of safety information on their website.

    ——–

     

    [Editor’s Note to City of AVL Gov: Please ensure that this request is made “public / published” on the City’s Next Request portal so that the public can view ALL associated communications / files / documents, in their entirety within Next Request. Thank you!]

     

    ** If you are unable to fulfill any or all parts of this request, please specifically cite where a reason for denial is justified under NC public records law. **

     

    Thank you for your assistance!”

     

    Thank you!

     

    ** Sunshine Request (www.sunshinerequest.com) makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.


    Status: Sent to Government
  • March 24, 2022 2:32 pm

    2 years ago

    Submitted to Sunshine Request
    Status: Pending