From KOMONEWS.com:
SEATTLE — Are Seattle police willing to take a hard look at themselves?
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Tag: police records request
Attorney general tells Oklahoma chiefs of police that information is public
State Attorney General Scott Pruitt has written a letter to the Oklahoma Association of Chiefs of Police about complaints that police departments are violating the Open Records Act by withholding public information from initial incident reports.
“The state Legislature has made it clear in this regard that a police department's initial offense report or cover sheet should be open for public inspection, regardless of its inclusion in an investigation file,” Pruitt wrote in his Jan. 4 letter.
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Former police chief challenges fee charging him for records he requested under Open Public Records Act
From nj.com:
Former Union City Deputy Police Chief Joe Blaettler is going to court in a dispute with his former employer over his Open Public Records Act requests.
Union City Municipal Clerk William Senande has asked for Blaettler to pay $1,920 for the information because of the large size of the OPRA request.
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AR attorney general says police disciplinary records can be released under public records law
From The Republic:
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel's office says police disciplinary records can be released under the state's open records law, a decision that factors into an alleged instance of excessive force involving an off-duty Little Rock police officer.
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NFOIC’s FOI Friday for December 9 2011
A few items selected from many of interest that we might not have drawn attention to earlier:
Hackathon aims to produce open government apps
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