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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 09:37 PM
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22. I can't believe the cops can withhold evidence by state law! Unbelievable
“A review regarding your written complaint dated May 3, 2007, was conducted,” Colston wrote in a one-paragraph response. “After careful consideration of your allegations we have found that the officers were within our departmental policies regarding the use of a less than lethal force option (TASER) on you during an event at your residence on April 28, 2007.”
Because litigation has been threatened, little if any information is available for public release. A provision of the Open Records Act allows governmental agencies to withhold otherwise releasable materials under an exception of pending litigation.

As a result, in this case, such materials as dispatcher and radio communications and the use of force report in all likelihood will be withheld - as allowed by prior rulings of the state Attorney General’s Office.


Total bull!!! Someone needs to get a copy of the 911 call and make it available to the public.
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