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re: apparently many police depts feel they can ignore [f.o.i] laws
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:19:58 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: bobr () bobrosenberg phoenix az us Date: January 14, 2007 10:43:03 AM EST To: dave () farber net, jwarren () well comSubject: Re: apparently many police depts feel they can ignore [f.o.i] laws
Dave & Jim IANAL, but I wonder....If the people WHO violate the FOIA law are sworn police officers, and, by that swearing, they are sworn to uphold the law, and they are now violating the law, I
wonder.... I wonder if that behavior is Perjury? Any lawyers out there in IPland? Bob Rosenberg P.O. Box 33023 Phoenix, AZ 85067-3023 Mobile: 602-206-2856 LandLine: 602-274-3012 bob () bobrosenberg phoenix az us
Begin forwarded message: From: Jim Warren <jwarren () well com> Date: January 12, 2007 4:19:38 PM EST To: calfoi () journalism berkeley edu, State and Local Freedom of Information Issues <FOI-L () LISTSERV SYR EDU>, Dave Farber <dave () farber net>Subject: apparently many police depts feel they can ignore [f.o.i] laws[A former editor of mine just sent this URL to me. The web-link has adverts that load first, from an outrageously turgid ad-"server", but if you wait long enough, the full article is worth the wait ... in an appalling sorta way. The California Public Records Act is quite clear about much of what these law-"enforcement" agencies chose to refuse to do. I suspect one would find similar disregard in most states, for their open-government "laws". --jim]http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_4999581Audit: Cops deny records access Survey gives median average score of 30 out of 100 to Bay Area departments By Thomas Peele and Matt Krupnick, MEDIANEWS STAFF Article Last Updated: 01/12/2007 07:04:09 AM PST California law gives anyone the right to walk into a police department and inspect a wide variety of information, from crime and arrest reports to statistics on officer-misconduct complaints. But a statewide audit of such access released today shows a wide gap between the law and the reality of what happens when people ask to see public information at California police stations. Police often violated laws that mandate open access to public records and delayed for weeks the release of ordinary reports, intimidating people who asked for them and researching their backgrounds, according to the audit of more than 200 departments and California Highway Patrol offices, including 63 in the Bay Area. Written requests for records were sometimes ignored and some departments even refused to accept them. More than 60 journalists across the state - including the Alameda Times-Star and six other MediaNews newspapers in the Bay Area and KGO- TV - participated in the audit, which was conducted Dec. 4 in 34 of California's 58 counties. The effort was coordinated by Californians Aware, a Sacramento-based group that advocates transparent government and records access. The group aims to educate government workers and the public about information that every person - not just public officials or journalists - is entitled to see. ...<BIG snip>...
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