Destruction of Memos by the Police Department
Destruction of Memos by the Police Department Q: Our chief of police surveyed the officers of his department then summarized their responses in a memo to the city manager. Then the survey responses were destroyed. The responses were much less than two years old, and were submitted by the officers anonymously, so no survey response can be traced to an individual officer. The survey asked the officers about the operations of the department. Was destruction