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“We are very disappointed and we still believe it is in the public interest for this information to be available,” Harris said. “We will do whatever we can to make sure that happens.”
“The statutory requirements for the creation and release of a police log do not extend to the addresses to which the police respond,” wrote Supervisor of Records Alan Cote in his letter to Harris explaining his ruling against the appeal. The CPD?...
Harris said the state took a “very strict approach to interpreting the public records law” in its ruling.
Providing the addresses of police dispatches would require reviewing, copying and re-filing over 500 reports, about 25 hours of work according to an e-mail CPD legal adviser Kelly A. Downes wrote to Harris on Aug. 10.
While Downes has emphasized concern about “public safety” in the department’s policy, Harris pointed to a recent gang-related stabbing on Broadway as an example of the community’s need for more detailed information. The police log reported that the...