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Judge orders Utah Highway Patrol to share investigation into trooper

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From The Salt Lake Tribune:  Utah Highway Patrol Cpl. Shawn Alton says his 2011 request to search a man’s SUV and trailer had the proper approval.

But court records show the Emery County attorney told Alton he didn’t have enough probable cause to search Jeffrey Lawrence’s vehicle two years ago on the side of Interstate 70.

Now it’s Lawrence with a court order — to dig around into what UHP did to investigate Alton and the unlawful search.

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Mug shot website suing Utah sheriff for inmate photos

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From The Republic:  SALT LAKE CITY — The owner of a website that publishes inmate booking photos is suing a Utah sheriff for denying a public records request for more than a thousand mug shots.

The Salt Lake County Sheriff denied the records request in February, saying his office could refuse because it holds copyright control over the images.

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Utah bill requiring free public records sent back to drawing board

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From The Salt Lake Tribune:

Rep. Brian King’s efforts to require agency’s to provide public documents at no cost is going on the back burner.

The House Political Subdivisions Committee voted unanimously Monday to send HB122 back to the House Rules Committee to be assigned to interim study during the year. House Minority Leader Jennifer Seelig, D-Salt Lake City, said that would give King time to work out concerns raised by opponents of the bill.

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Utah legislators working on open records bills

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From San Francisco Chronicle:

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two years after Utah lawmakers drew public fury with a restrictive public records bill, some legislators are keeping up a reconciliation effort with bills to designed expand access to public records.

Lawmakers have introduced legislation to create online portals for legislative emails and other public records and to require agencies to waive records request fees in certain cases.

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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for October 26, 2012

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Keyboard key for AccessA few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week:

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Campbell: Cedar Hills case shows scars of fight for open government

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From The Salt Lake Tribune:

On paper, Utah’s records law looks pretty straightforward, but in practice some records requests in small Utah towns can lead to deep fissures with personal attacks and legal maneuvering.

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