Right-to-Know (RTK) requests are to be submitted in writing using the EPD Right-To-Know Form and should be addressed to the Elizabethtown Police Department Open Records Officer. Once it is finished, you can either hand deliver between 7:30 am and 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday; mail it to 600 South Hanover Street Elizabethtown, PA 17022; or email it to etownpd@etownpolice.org.  

If a requester chooses not to use the request form, the request will be considered an informal request, not subject to the Right-to-Know Law (RTKL). This means that the requester cannot pursue the relief and remedies provided for in the RTKL. The Elizabethtown Police Department will not respond to anonymous requests for records.

To allow Elizabethtown Police Department to locate requested records and determine whether those records are public, requests for records should be specific, concise and clearly identify as precisely as possible the records sought. Requesters should clearly indicate the preferred method of access - paper copies, electronic copies, or by inspection. Requesters should retain a copy of the request for their file, as a copy of the request is necessary should a requester appeal the Elizabethtown Police Department's response.

The Right-to-Know officers for the Elizabethtown Police Department are as follows:

Primary:    Chief Derek Koch
                   600 South Hanover Street Elizabethtown, PA 17022
                   (717) 367-6540 Ext. 251 

Assistant:   Lieutenant Jesse Schlotzhauer
                    600 South Hanover Street Elizabethtown, PA 17022
                    (717) 367-6540 Ext. 239  

Appeals from decisions made by department Right-to-Know officers may be appealed, in writing and following the procedures outlined in the Right-to-Know Act, to:

First Assistant DA Travis Anderson, Chapter 11 RTKL Appeals Officer
Lancaster County District Attorney's Office
50 North Duke Street
PO Box 83480
Lancaster, PA 17608-3480 

OR

PA Office of Open Records Executive Director, Office of Open Records
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
333 Market Street, 16th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17101-2234
openrecords@pa.gov

Requests related to audio and/or video recordings made by the Elizabethtown Police Department are to be submitted in writing using the Law Enforcement Recording Request Form - Act 22 of 2017.