(Download) "State Ex Rel Dispatch Printing Co. v. City of Columbus" by Ohio Supreme Court * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State Ex Rel Dispatch Printing Co. v. City of Columbus
- Author : Ohio Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 20, 2000
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 81 KB
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Public records - Mandamus sought to compel city of Columbus et al. to produce police disciplinary records sought by relator newspaper - Motion to intervene as a party respondent filed by police union should have been granted - Use of force reports and citizen complaints are disclosable as public records - Police union cannot bar release of available public records through records retention policy of collective bargaining agreement. Submitted May 24, 2000 In August 1998, relator-appellee, the Dispatch Printing Company (""Dispatch"") filed a public records request with respondent Columbus Division of Police (""CPD"") seeking police disciplinary records. The CPD eventually agreed to produce hard-paper copies of CPD guidelines relating to the processing of complaints against CPD officers, the definition of what constitutes a ""use of force,"" statistics regarding the use of mace and pepper spray by CPD officers, citizen complaints, injury to prisoner reports, emergency operations procedures manual, rules, and policies, and an inventory of public records regarding complaints against CPD officers which had previously been destroyed pursuant to record retention schedules. The CPD also agreed to produce electronic records regarding use of force reports, use of mace reports, injury to prisoner reports, complaint reports, and use of firearm reports.