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Richmond police sue anarchist for documents
The Genie really is out of the bottle. Richmond Copwatch has provided a wealth of information on official Richmond PD policies:
Richmond Police Department Documents
Please note: not all documents have yet been posted. Of serious interest would be any official or unofficial policy on how officers shall respond to any MWAG complaints.
The ACLU-VA will fight to defend the FOIA request:
ACLU to Defend Right to Keep and Publish Documents Obtained through FOIA
The link also includes the Richmond legal papers demanding the return of all the FOIA'd documents.
Richmond police sue anarchist for documents
Richmond's police chief has gone to court to recover some of the hundreds of pages of documents turned over to an anarchist group and now posted on the Internet.
In a complaint filed Tuesday in Richmond Circuit Court, Chief Bryan T. Norwood contends that Mo Karn, "a known and admitted anarchist," was given documents that were not required to be released under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
"In the present circumstances, the dissemination of these documents in any form to the public jeopardizes and endangers Richmond police officers and citizens," Norwood said in the complaint. "Specifically, this information includes tactical plans for what police do in emergency situations."
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Megan H. Rhyne, executive director of the nonprofit Virginia Coalition for Open Government, said the police department faces a steep challenge because much of the Freedom of Information Act gives the custodian discretion over whether to release a record that may be withheld.
"You can't put the genie back in the bottle," Rhyne said.
The Genie really is out of the bottle. Richmond Copwatch has provided a wealth of information on official Richmond PD policies:
Richmond Police Department Documents
Please note: not all documents have yet been posted. Of serious interest would be any official or unofficial policy on how officers shall respond to any MWAG complaints.
The ACLU-VA will fight to defend the FOIA request:
ACLU to Defend Right to Keep and Publish Documents Obtained through FOIA
The link also includes the Richmond legal papers demanding the return of all the FOIA'd documents.