NO LOGS ARE KEPT OF CHILDREN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY WICHITA POLICE DEPARTMENT
RELEASED TODAY WAS EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE WICHITA SUNFLOWER COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE AND THE WPD.
BELOW ARE THE EMAILS:
----- Original Message -----
From: Bassham, Gordon
To: Louis Gosland ; Sublett, Karen ; Layton, Robert
Cc: Carlene Eye ; Jason Selmon
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 3:23 PM
Subject: RE: KORA Request
Mr. Gosland,
In researching your request, the Wichita Police Department has determined no such central record of the children WPD places into police protective custody exists. Under the Kansas Open Records Act, the Wichita Police Department is not required by law to create new records solely for providing a KORA response. Furthermore, to compile the report you are requesting would be very time consuming and costly.
For your information, several sections within the Wichita Police Department take children to the Wichita Children’s Home when they are placed into police protective custody. For example, if a child is found inside a home where a violent crime has been committed, the detectives from that section who investigate the crime may take that child to WCH. Likewise, other WPD sections, such as homicide, EMCU, patrol officers and others all may place children into police protective custody. None of these sections keep an ongoing count or log of the children they take to WCH.
Therefore, since it would be very time consuming and disruptive to the department’s work product to assign personnel to compile the list you are requesting, we must decline your request.
Thank you.
Gordon Bassham, #V1155
Assistant to the Chief
Wichita Police Department
455 N. Main St., 4th Floor
Wichita, KS 67202
316-268-4340 Office
316-655-9090 Mobile
316-858-7704 FAX
gbassham@wichita.gov
http://www.wichitapolice.com/
From: Louis Gosland [mailto:Louis@sunfloweract.org] Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 5:56 PMTo: Sublett, Karen; Layton, Robert; Bassham, GordonCc: Carlene Eye; Jason SelmonSubject: KORA Request
December 4th, 2009
Wichita Police Department
City Hall
455 N. Main
Wichita, KS 67037
Re: Kansas Open Records Act
Dear Sir:
Please accept this request under the Kansas Open Records Act (KSA 45-216-225) for the following information:
The number of children placed in police protective custody each day for fiscal years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.
Should there be a charge of more than $50 for the requested data, I ask that an itemized written estimate be provided in advance, including a detailed list of the actual cost of copying the data to disk or another suitable format.
If my request is denied in whole or in part, I ask that you justify all deletions by reference to the specific exemptions of the act. I will also expect you to release all portions of otherwise exempt material. The Kansas Open Records Act is meant to be liberally construed to keep public records open and available (KSA 45-216).
Please contact my community organizer, Louis Goseland, at louis@sunfloweract.org, at 2201 E 13th Wichita KS 67214, or at 316-264-9972 X 21.
Sincerely,Carlene Eye
Louis Goseland, Lead Organizer
Sunflower Community Action
2201 E. 13th
Wichita KS 67214
Office: (316) 264-9972 ext 21
Cell: (316) 204-4315
Email: louis@sunfloweract.org
RELEASED TODAY WAS EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE WICHITA SUNFLOWER COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE AND THE WPD.
BELOW ARE THE EMAILS:
----- Original Message -----
From: Bassham, Gordon
To: Louis Gosland ; Sublett, Karen ; Layton, Robert
Cc: Carlene Eye ; Jason Selmon
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 3:23 PM
Subject: RE: KORA Request
Mr. Gosland,
In researching your request, the Wichita Police Department has determined no such central record of the children WPD places into police protective custody exists. Under the Kansas Open Records Act, the Wichita Police Department is not required by law to create new records solely for providing a KORA response. Furthermore, to compile the report you are requesting would be very time consuming and costly.
For your information, several sections within the Wichita Police Department take children to the Wichita Children’s Home when they are placed into police protective custody. For example, if a child is found inside a home where a violent crime has been committed, the detectives from that section who investigate the crime may take that child to WCH. Likewise, other WPD sections, such as homicide, EMCU, patrol officers and others all may place children into police protective custody. None of these sections keep an ongoing count or log of the children they take to WCH.
Therefore, since it would be very time consuming and disruptive to the department’s work product to assign personnel to compile the list you are requesting, we must decline your request.
Thank you.
Gordon Bassham, #V1155
Assistant to the Chief
Wichita Police Department
455 N. Main St., 4th Floor
Wichita, KS 67202
316-268-4340 Office
316-655-9090 Mobile
316-858-7704 FAX
gbassham@wichita.gov
http://www.wichitapolice.com/
From: Louis Gosland [mailto:Louis@sunfloweract.org] Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 5:56 PMTo: Sublett, Karen; Layton, Robert; Bassham, GordonCc: Carlene Eye; Jason SelmonSubject: KORA Request
December 4th, 2009
Wichita Police Department
City Hall
455 N. Main
Wichita, KS 67037
Re: Kansas Open Records Act
Dear Sir:
Please accept this request under the Kansas Open Records Act (KSA 45-216-225) for the following information:
The number of children placed in police protective custody each day for fiscal years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.
Should there be a charge of more than $50 for the requested data, I ask that an itemized written estimate be provided in advance, including a detailed list of the actual cost of copying the data to disk or another suitable format.
If my request is denied in whole or in part, I ask that you justify all deletions by reference to the specific exemptions of the act. I will also expect you to release all portions of otherwise exempt material. The Kansas Open Records Act is meant to be liberally construed to keep public records open and available (KSA 45-216).
Please contact my community organizer, Louis Goseland, at louis@sunfloweract.org, at 2201 E 13th Wichita KS 67214, or at 316-264-9972 X 21.
Sincerely,Carlene Eye
Louis Goseland, Lead Organizer
Sunflower Community Action
2201 E. 13th
Wichita KS 67214
Office: (316) 264-9972 ext 21
Cell: (316) 204-4315
Email: louis@sunfloweract.org
