Hartman specifically mentioned having to redact any arrests of juveniles, for example, as that isn’t public information. You are not going to generally fish through our arrest logs, because there are too many situations where that information is not for the public to know. In my entire time here, no reporter or news agency has ever requested an arrest log,” Hartman said. “Whether you are entitled to it, I don’t know. “There are situations where we can use our discretion if you don’t get to know certain things,” Hartman told a reporter during the compliance check in New Haven. In contrast, Branford, Middlebury, New Haven, state police Troop G in Bridgeport, West Haven and Westport garnered an “F” for a Sunshine Grade for failing to provide even basic information on arrests as required by state FOI law. to 3:30 p.m.Īt the South Windsor and West Hartford departments, reporters were promptly given access to an arrest log and an in-depth arrest report, without question about our identity. She said hard copies of the arraignments are available fore review during normal business hours, from 8 a.m. Anyone who goes to our page can click on the link anonymously and not even have to show their face in the lobby of the police department.” We now provide the arraignments through a link on our Facebook page and Twitter. Also by e-mailing the arraignments during normal business hours to all the local press agencies, I think that more than shows we comply with the FOIA laws. “.We can ask who someone is, if (that person) chooses not to provide it, we still let them have access to the information,” Desmond said. She did offer clarifications, including to one factor that led to some points off, that the reporter who went to her department was asked for identification. Heather Desmond said Thursday she is “pleased” with the grade. Middletown received a grade of “A-.” Department spokeswoman Lt. The three newspapers tested all 92 municipal police departments across Connecticut and 11 state police troops on their compliance with the state’s Freedom of Information Act. Police departments across the state vary widely in terms of what information they release to the public, the compliance check done by staff at the New Haven Register, The Middletown Press and The Register Citizen shows. POLICE CHIEFS, READERS RESPOND The Middletown Police Department.
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