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“Carter and Herms do a disservice to the community suggesting that this occurs,” Catalano says. “When someone is arrested for a crime, information pertaining to that incident is available to the public under the current law.”
But Catalano says the incident reports are unlikely to show any such correlation.
Currently, HUPD releases daily crime logs to The Crimson and on its website, in addition to circulating community advisories following important crimes, but HUPD does not release the detailed incident reports on which the daily logs and advisories are based.
“It’s incredibly hard to check the validity of the logs if you don’t have the ability to check the incident reports,” said Amber R. Anderson, The Crimson’s lawyer.
The Cambridge Police Department (CPD), whose jurisdiction overlaps with HUPD’s, is subject to public records law and releases incident reports upon request.