Deputy in Gibson Case Claims Harassment

[Valor55]

Since we have now gone off-topic.....

Trust me, I know how public information works.... or doesn't work. I have personally been denied public records myself recently.

But here's how requests for public records goes in Virginia.... it's pretty embarassing that the local governments aren't abiding by the law. And just as with a criminal suspect, their ignorance of the law is not a defense. :D

You need to file a FOIA request. There is a specific process for obtaining public information and departments can charge for the time it takes for research and copying. Otherwise a mob of angry citizens could march into the lobby demanding all kinds of records immediately and completely tie up the entire department.

[Stan Switek]

For the purpose of this dicussion, the question is not public access to records in Virginia. It is media access to arrest information in the LA California area.

[Sheriff]

You need to file a FOIA request.

Yes. It was totally ignored. The chief of police will have to explain it at a later date. :eek: