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21 Mar, 2021

Bill that closes information on arrest records moves to House committee with amendment

By |2021-03-21T19:51:15-05:00March 21, 2021|Categories: crime records, Legislature|Tags: , |0 Comments

Legislation that would make confidential an arrestee's home address on an arrest record was approved by the House Public Service Subcommittee last week. HB 901, sponsored by state Rep. Glen Casada, R-Franklin, was amended to make clear that the street address of a reported crime would not be confidential, even if it was the arrestee's home address. (TCOG asked for that change.) The original bill also made confidential any video of the person arrested, but an amendment removed this provision. (Here is a copy of the amendment). The amendment also makes confidential the phone number of a person arrested, and the social security number. The social security number already is [...]

11 Mar, 2021

Bill to make make addresses of people arrested confidential is delayed 1 week

By |2021-03-11T16:39:32-06:00March 11, 2021|Categories: crime records, Legislature|Tags: , |0 Comments

A bill that would make confidential the addresses, phone numbers and social security numbers of people who are arrested was delayed one week after lawmakers questioned the sponsor, state Rep. Glen Casada, about the proposal. Casada, R-Franklin, said that Williamson County officials asked him to bring the bill because people arrested were getting "bombarded" by those who were seeking to contact them after their arrest. "My county government tells me that a lot of individuals are being contacted and they don't want to be contacted," Casada said. Casada introduced an amendment on the bill that says if the home address of the person arrested is also the place of the [...]

7 Jul, 2020

Judge affirms ruling in case against Knox County sheriff, information emerges about withheld records

By |2020-07-07T14:33:05-05:00July 7, 2020|Categories: public records lawsuits Tennessee|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Knox County Chancellor John Weaver last week declined a motion by the Knox County Sheriff to alter his order in a recent public records case, even as new information emerged that even more requested records had been withheld. The sheriff had argued that parts of the order were too onerous, such as making arrest reports freely available for public inspection and having to respond to requests that might be generally phrased. Weaver in April had ruled in Conley v. Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler that the Knox County Sheriff’s Office violated the public records law in denying access to public records sought by a University of Tennessee sociology professor related to immigration enforcement. [...]

29 Apr, 2019

Sociology professor studying immigration files public records suit against Knox County sheriff

By |2020-11-19T12:41:58-06:00April 29, 2019|Categories: crime records, public records lawsuits Tennessee|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

A sociology professor who researches immigration enforcement has filed a public records lawsuit against the Knox County Sheriff, claiming the office has repeatedly violated the law in denying and delaying access to public records. Meghan Conley has made a series of requests over the past 19 months for records related to the sheriff's office's 287(g) program that started almost two years ago. Meghan Conley, a sociology professor at University of Tennessee, has filed a public records lawsuit against the Knox County Sheriff after making a series of public records request related to immigration enforcement. Under the 287(g) program, the Knox County Sheriff's Office is authorized by U.S. Immigration and Customs [...]

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