“I’m not impressed with the city’s handling of public record requests these days”
“They’re entitled to these records,” Civil District Court Judge Robin Giarrusso said after a hearing in her courtroom. “Public records are public records are public records, and the citizens of this city have a right to know what’s in them.” …
“When I was a city attorney we had three days to turn those records over or we were in trouble,” said Giarrusso.
Ordering the New Orleans Police Department to release Public Integrity Bureau files, “I’m not impressed with the city’s handling of public record requests these days.”
In other ironies:
[NOPD Superintendent] Riley in 2002 was part of a task force charged by Mayor Marc Morial to review law enforcement’s performance, Mince added. The task force members agreed that “an educated and informed citizenry” was key to following the freedoms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
