FOI Guide Home Connecticut | Maine | Massachusetts | New Hampshire | Rhode Island | Vermont | Federal FOIA (Last updated April 4, 2024) Police misconduct records are rarely covered by exemptions in the Connection Freedom of Information Act. These records typically do not involve documents compiled during the detection or investigation of crime, which […]
Register Now for New Round of FOI Lessons The New England First Amendment Coalition is continuing its freedom of information lessons with new classes on how to obtain police misconduct records. The lessons build on the information provided in NEFAC’s growing library of public records classes which can be viewed here. They will be taught […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Justin Silverman | 774.244.2365 | justin@nefac.org The New England First Amendment Coalition joined several civil rights advocates today to help prevent police secrecy in a Massachusetts public records case. The case — Mack v. Office of the District Attorney of the Bristol District — involves an investigation into a fatal shooting by […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Justin Silverman | 774.244.2365 | justin@nefac.org The New England First Amendment Coalition recently testified in support of Maine legislation that would make it easier to obtain public employee misconduct records, including those of police officers. LD 1397 requires longer archiving of public employee misconduct records, more documentation about the misconduct that occurred, and […]
FOI Guide Home Connecticut | Maine | Massachusetts | New Hampshire | Rhode Island | Vermont | Federal FOIA (Last updated Dec. 7, 2022) New Hampshire’s Right-to-Know Law states that “openness in conduct of public business is essential to a democratic society.” (1) Those words are central to the law’s objective: steer the state toward […]
FOI Guide Home Connecticut | Maine | Massachusetts | New Hampshire | Rhode Island | Vermont | Federal FOIA (Last updated August 30, 2023) Maine’s Freedom of Access Act governs the disclosure of public records, such as police reports and personnel documents. (1) FOAA intends to provide transparency and guarantees that those who do the […]
FOI Guide Home Connecticut | Maine | Massachusetts | New Hampshire | Rhode Island | Vermont | Federal FOIA (Last updated Sept. 21, 2022) The Vermont Constitution states that, with the power coming from the people, public officials are “at all times, in a legal way, accountable” to those they represent. (1) Adhering to the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Justin Silverman | 774.244.2365 | justin@nefac.org The New England First Amendment Coalition recently filed an amicus brief in a New Hampshire case involving access to police misconduct records. State police are refusing to release information about an officer whose false testimony caused a woman to be imprisoned for nearly two weeks and […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Justin Silverman | 774.244.2365 | justin@nefac.org The New England First Amendment Coalition and several Rhode Island organizations — collectively known as Access Rhode Island — highlighted today deficiencies in a recently released state policy for the use of police-worn body cameras. The groups wrote in a statement that: “While the policy deployed […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Justin Silverman | 774.244.2365 | justin@nefac.org The New England First Amendment Coalition recently argued against a New Hampshire police officer’s attempt to use a pseudonym in a lawsuit involving the state’s Exculpatory Evidence Schedule, also known as the “Laurie List.” The officer was placed on the list — which names police […]