Under this law, the Eastern Pike Regional Police
Department is required to appoint a Right-to-Know Officer.
The Right to Know Officer for the Eastern Pike Regional Police Department
is:
Sgt. David Zegarski. He can be contacted at 570-491-4040.
The Right To Know Request form appears below. A copy may be submitted in
person to the Eastern Pike Regional Police Department Headquarters.
The Right To Know Officer (RTK Officer) will:
1. Receive requests submitted to the agency
2. Direct requests to other appropriate persons within the agency or to the
appropriate persons in another agency.
3. Track the agency's progress in responding to requests.
4. Issue interim and final responses under this act.
When the RTK Officer receives a request for a public record he/she
will:
1. Will ensure that the date of receipt has been stamped on the written
request. Email, facsimile and regular mail
will be considered a written request. Verbal and
anonymous requests will not be accepted.
2. Compute the day on which the five-day response expires and make a
notation of that date on the written request.
3. Within five working days, the agency will respond in one of the following
three ways by using the appropriate
Department RTK documents:
a. Grant the request and provide the
records
b. Deny the request in whole or in
part, cite the reason for the denial and outline the appeals process for the
requestor.
c. Invoke a 30 calendar-day
extension.
4. Within 30 calendar-days, the agency will:
a. Grant the request and provide the records
b. Deny the request in whole or in part: cite the reason for
the denial and outline the appeals procedure for the
requestor.
5. Maintain an electronic or paper copy file that includes the original
written request, all documents submitted with
the request, a copy of the response to the request and a
record of any written communications with the requester
until the request has been fulfilled.
6. If the request is denied, this file will be maintained for 30 days.
7. If an appeal is filed, the records will be maintained until a final
determination is issued under section 1101(b) or
the appeal is deemed denied.
All records in possession of the Eastern Pike Regional Police Department
shall be presumed to be a public record – unless:
1. The record is exempt under Section 708
2. The record is protected by a privilege
3. The record is exempt under any other federal or state law or judicial
order or decree.
The accordance with Section §506, the Eastern Pike Regional Police
Department may exercise its discretion to make any otherwise exempt record
accessible for inspection and copying if all three of the following apply:
a. disclosure of the record is not prohibited by federal or state law or
regulation, judicial order or decree
b. the record is not protected by a privilege
c. the agency head determines that the public interest favoring access
outweighs any individual, agency or public
interest that may favor restriction of access.
There is a $15.00 charge that must accompany every request.
