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New efforts launched to change Colorado’s Open Records Act
Dailyprogress.com February 4, 2017 A Democratic senator is trying again to modernize Colorado's Open Records Act with a bill that would require government agencies to release public records in searchable data formats, like Excel spreadsheets, that are easy for the...
Arbitrator: Martin County broke public records law
tcpalm.com Feb, 27, 2017 The county has settled a portion of the larger Lake Point rock mine lawsuit as an arbitrator found that the county "failed to take public records requests seriously," court records show. Lake Point, just east of Lake Okeechobee, sued the...
On report writing: who is “this officer…”?
PRI Management Group August 2016 It's 2016 and we're still talking about police reports written in the 3rd person. After reading literally thousands upon thousands of police reports in our work as police records consultants and auditors, we've seen our fair share of...
Fresno police break ranks with other departments by releasing shooting video from body cameras
LA Times Kate Mather, Cindy Chang The cellphone video shows a man’s life ending violently at the hands of Fresno police officers, who shoot him twice as he lies on the ground. There are no words exchanged, no why – only the brutal end. The recording, filmed by a...
Police video redaction: Where big data meets privacy
Stephanie Kanowitz for GCN Mar 18, 2016 After several highly publicized cases of videos showing questionable police action, local departments increasingly are turning to body-worn cameras. Yet these systems, intended to capture exchanges between officers and suspects...
Colorado gets grade of F for its open-records laws
By Christopher N. Osher The Denver Post Colorado's laws governing public access to information are among the weakest in the nation,according to a new report that sizes up how states handle requests for court documents, police files and other records. The Center for...
Phoenix detectives told not to submit cases due to RMS transition
Dave Biscobing, Shawn Martin ABC 15 Phoenix Nov 3, 2015 As Phoenix Police adjust to a new record-management system, detectives have been told to stop submitting cases because the department can’t keep up with its caseload. “Do not submit cases until further notice, as...
911 Screw-Up Led To False Crime Stats
BY Paul Bass | OCT 15, 2015 4:03 PM New Haven Independent New Haven’s beleaguered 911 call center failed to forward crime reports this year to the police records division, leading the city to fail to report at least 80 required cases—and counting—to the FBI. Police...
N.H. Body Camera Case: Public’s Right To Know Vs. Family’s Right To Privacy
New Hampshire Public Radio September 1, 2015 By RICK GANLEY & MICHAEL BRINDLEY Should body camera footage of a man being gunned down by police be released to the public? That’s the question before a Merrimack County Superior Court judge, who will rule whether to...
Why Quality Control is So Important in Police Records Operations
Print .PDF Edward Claughton President, PRI Management Group July 2015 “No Records Clerk is going to tell me how to write a report!” That’s what one sergeant recently said to me during a records management assessment I was conducting for the agency. Resisting the...