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2 May, 2022

Journalist sues Memphis to gain access to police performance improvement plans
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Journalist sues Memphis to gain access to police performance improvement plans

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Journalist sues Memphis to gain access to police performance improvement plans

By Deborah Fisher|2022-05-05T14:09:42-05:00May 2, 2022|Categories: Public Records|Tags: Local Legal Initiative, Marc Perrusquia, Memphis, Memphis Police, Paul McAdoo, performance improvement plans, personnel records, police records|0 Comments

Marc Perrusquia, a journalist whose reporting has exposed problems in the Memphis police department, has filed a lawsuit challenging the city's denial of access to documents that would show how the city responded to a history of trouble with three officers.

28 Jan, 2022

AG tells judge COVID-19 reports should be withheld to avoid ‘Monday-morning quarterbacking’

By Deborah Fisher|2022-01-28T19:06:29-06:00January 28, 2022|Categories: deliberative process privilege, public records lawsuits Tennessee|Tags: Chancellor Patricia Moskal, deliberative process privilege, Deputy Attorney General Janet Kleinfelter, Local Legal Initiative, Paul McAdoo, Stephen Elliott|0 Comments

The deputy attorney general for Tennessee argued in court this week that reports by consultant McKinsey and Co. regarding the re-opening of Tennessee and other government responses during the COVID-19 pandemic are exempt from the public records law because revealing them would open up the executive branch to second-guessing by the public.