Public Records
Open Government, Police, Police Misconduct, Public Records
Public information withheld from public
Keeping secrets –
Via On The Watch, Part 5: Baltimore Police Tightens Grip On Police Misconduct Records @ WYPR.
Drones, Federal Government, Open Government, Public Records
Federal Gov’t Finally Answers FOIA Request on Targeted Killings by Drone
Eight pages completely redacted, with this at the end:
Police, Public Records
In Philadelphia, you’ll know when officers fire their weapons
“Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, in a memo sent yesterday to the Philadelphia Police Department’s commanding officers (which City Paper has obtained), announced that the department will immediately begin disclosing the names of officers who discharge their firearms in Officer-Involved Shootings “within seventy-two (72) hours of the incident.” According to the memo, the decision “is in keeping…
Libertarians, Nannyism, Open Government, Police, Public Records, Regulations
Nanny of the Month, March 2015
Law, Misconduct, Open Government, Police, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Public Records
Hiding from those one claims to protect and serve
In New York, and other places, police receive preferential shielding from public scrutiny and review: The deaths of unarmed civilians like Eric Garner in New York City and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., led to demands for greater transparency in the workings of police forces all over the country. The need for more openness is…
Open Government, Public Records, Wisconsin
A Grinning Poster Boy for Closed Government
Gary Bies, R-Sister Bay, a member of Wisconsin’s Assembly majority, is doing what majorities of both major parties do: trying to limit knowledge of government’s action from their own constituents. Bies proposes to make open government that much more closed: A state Republican wants to allow government entities to charge members of the public…
Law, Liberty, Open Government, Public Records
An Open Government/Public Records Victory in Vermont
SLAPP lawsuit to limit citizens’ rights to public records wisely rejected: A lawsuit filed by a school supervisory union district against a student parent and vocal policy critic was dismissed by Rutland superior court on Tuesday. The district sued Marcel Cyr, a parent, for placing a public records request. The American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont hailed…