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Access to Police Officer personnel files Q: Basically, what I want from the city is: 1. The former chief’s personnel file (including his contract, etc.) 2. The investigation documents (which I’m assuming would specify allegations, testimonies, etc.) 3. The former chief’s termination action (which I’m assuming he received in writing). Do I legally have access to any of these things? Also, does the situation apply differently to police employees? A: Unfortunately, under something called the

Records involving peace officers Q: I submitted a CPRA request to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and received some satisfaction. There are some items I have not heard about yet. I was denied on the following items:1) List of the positions (job titles), basic responsibilities, and site locations held by Lt. [X] during his entire employ at the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.2) List of training sessions Lt. [X} has attended since January 1,

Public official’s email communications Q: Background: the superintendent of schools has sent a number of e-mails to the school board in the past few weeks saying that these e-mails are confidential. My educated guess is that they deal with one case of a gun being found in a student’s backpack and another case of near-campus melee that resulted in the arrest of 4 juveniles.Are these e-mails public records? Must they be released if they contain