The Big Guy
Regular Member
My answer an request for information.
The following is my response to the letter above, and request under NRS 239 (thanks Tread). Please excuse the formatting as I can't get it to cut and paste correctly on here, but I think you will get the message.
TBG
01/21/13
Josh Reid, City Attorney
Henderson City Hall
POB 95050
Henderson NV 89009-5050
Dear Mr. Reid,
I am in receipt of a letter from Assistant City Attorney Michael J. Oh dated December 10, 2012. There are several points I would like to make regarding
this communication. Firstly, as is typical, it did not respond to many of the questions raised in my letter to the Mayor and Council members dated
10/10/2012.
The letter stated that there is a desk officer scheduled at the times during which handgun registration is taken so it adds no additional expense to the
city. Are you saying the desk officer has nothing better to do, so he might as well spend this time taking un-required registration on behalf of Clark
County? Perhaps that job needs to be eliminated thus saving the city much needed funds. In fact, it has been recommended to the city that it stop staffing
this position with a sworn officer. This recommendation was made by the International City/County Management Association. This Association was hired by the
City of Henderson at a cost of $80,000.00.
Anyone in business should be able to tell you that there is a cost associated with every task assigned to an employee. This cost is referred to in terms
of man-hours.
This letter, as did a previous one from A.C.A. Zentz, seems to indicate that it is ok for the city to continue to enforce its illegal codes until such
time as the City Attorney’s office gets around to reviewing all city codes and making a recommendation to the Mayor and Council. Perhaps the citizens
of Henderson should put the city on notice that we have decided not to obey any city ordinances until such time as this review is completed. The city
must obey state law as we the citizens must obey city ordinances.
Pursuant to NRS Chapter 239 I hereby request the following:
1. Any document in the City's possession containing the authority with which the city of Henderson has been registering concealable firearms on behalf
of the County since preemption in 2007.
2. When did the City of Henderson stop registering handguns in favor of County registration? Please provide a copy of any agreement or ordinance
authorized by the council between the City of Henderson and Clark County.
3. Any document file or other media containing the number of firearms in the database, in the possession of the Henderson Chief of police per HMC 8.98.030,
which were registered before the city turned this responsibility over to the county?
4. If there are no records, when were these records purged?
5. How many arrests have been made under municipal code 8.98.030 since 2007?
6. Of these arrests, how many resulted in convictions, including case numbers and dates with names of those arrested?
7. How many of these charges have been dropped?
8. How many of these arrests have resulted in acquittals?
9. How many firearms have been seized by Henderson Police under 8.98.03 since NRS 268.418 came into effect in 2007 even if there were no charges filed?
10. Per NRS 202.340, what are the dispositions of those firearms?
I look forward to a timely reply.
Sincerely,
XXX X XXX
CC: Andy Hafen, Mayor
Jacob Snow, City Manager
Council Members Gerri Schroder, Debra March, John Marz, Sam Bateman
Don Turner, President, Nevada Firearms Coalition.
Dan Reid, State Liaison, National Rifle Association.
The following is my response to the letter above, and request under NRS 239 (thanks Tread). Please excuse the formatting as I can't get it to cut and paste correctly on here, but I think you will get the message.
TBG
01/21/13
Josh Reid, City Attorney
Henderson City Hall
POB 95050
Henderson NV 89009-5050
Dear Mr. Reid,
I am in receipt of a letter from Assistant City Attorney Michael J. Oh dated December 10, 2012. There are several points I would like to make regarding
this communication. Firstly, as is typical, it did not respond to many of the questions raised in my letter to the Mayor and Council members dated
10/10/2012.
The letter stated that there is a desk officer scheduled at the times during which handgun registration is taken so it adds no additional expense to the
city. Are you saying the desk officer has nothing better to do, so he might as well spend this time taking un-required registration on behalf of Clark
County? Perhaps that job needs to be eliminated thus saving the city much needed funds. In fact, it has been recommended to the city that it stop staffing
this position with a sworn officer. This recommendation was made by the International City/County Management Association. This Association was hired by the
City of Henderson at a cost of $80,000.00.
Anyone in business should be able to tell you that there is a cost associated with every task assigned to an employee. This cost is referred to in terms
of man-hours.
This letter, as did a previous one from A.C.A. Zentz, seems to indicate that it is ok for the city to continue to enforce its illegal codes until such
time as the City Attorney’s office gets around to reviewing all city codes and making a recommendation to the Mayor and Council. Perhaps the citizens
of Henderson should put the city on notice that we have decided not to obey any city ordinances until such time as this review is completed. The city
must obey state law as we the citizens must obey city ordinances.
Pursuant to NRS Chapter 239 I hereby request the following:
1. Any document in the City's possession containing the authority with which the city of Henderson has been registering concealable firearms on behalf
of the County since preemption in 2007.
2. When did the City of Henderson stop registering handguns in favor of County registration? Please provide a copy of any agreement or ordinance
authorized by the council between the City of Henderson and Clark County.
3. Any document file or other media containing the number of firearms in the database, in the possession of the Henderson Chief of police per HMC 8.98.030,
which were registered before the city turned this responsibility over to the county?
4. If there are no records, when were these records purged?
5. How many arrests have been made under municipal code 8.98.030 since 2007?
6. Of these arrests, how many resulted in convictions, including case numbers and dates with names of those arrested?
7. How many of these charges have been dropped?
8. How many of these arrests have resulted in acquittals?
9. How many firearms have been seized by Henderson Police under 8.98.03 since NRS 268.418 came into effect in 2007 even if there were no charges filed?
10. Per NRS 202.340, what are the dispositions of those firearms?
I look forward to a timely reply.
Sincerely,
XXX X XXX
CC: Andy Hafen, Mayor
Jacob Snow, City Manager
Council Members Gerri Schroder, Debra March, John Marz, Sam Bateman
Don Turner, President, Nevada Firearms Coalition.
Dan Reid, State Liaison, National Rifle Association.
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