greensboro records requests policy recommendations
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City of Greensboro Public Record
Is the City addressing the real problems?
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What's broken?
Slow response times.
Records denied and delayed arbitrarily and
unlawfully. Descriptions provided instead of records.
Misrepresentations made of records.
Requests closed before completion.
Management hostile towards transparency.
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Slow response times
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Average Response Time in Days
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2012
Days
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Slow for media, slower for citizens.
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Records Request Response Times 2012
Citizens
Media
City Goal
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Records denied or delayedarbitrarily and unlawfully
Mr. Holder,
We are still in the process of compiling and reviewing all documentation anddetails associated with the Heritage House inspections and code violations
follow-up. We will provide you with additional informationwhen our work is complete and we are satisfied that it isaccurate.
- Jim Westmoreland, Deputy City ManagerApril 5, 2013
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Records denied or delayedarbitrarily and unlawfully
Mr. Holder,
Police department assistance was requested by the US Marshalls Office, intheir attempt to locate a fugitive. We assisted them as we would any law
enforcement agency requesting assistance. If you would like moredetails than that, you will need to contact the US MarshallsOffice here in Greensboro.
- Ken Miller, Chief of PoliceFebruary 14, 2013
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Records denied or delayedarbitrarily and unlawfully
In response to a records request, the City Attorney's Office would like to knowhow long it would take your department to gather video and audio recordingsby an City surveillance camera, taken on July 23, 2012 from 11:30 am to11:35 am. This request would be for all locations (fixed or mobile) that your
department is responsible for.This does not mean to startgathering recordings, we only want to ascertain the timeand employee resources it would take to comply with thisrequest.
- Jennifer Smith-Stuphin, entry to PIRT #1944
September 1, 2012
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Descriptions provided instead ofrecords
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Descriptions provided instead ofrecords
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Misrepresentation of records
As represented:
Good evening,
Here is the response that I received from the Police Chief and also from the Officer who supervisesLankford who provides our security for facilities:
The City hires Lankford to provide security to facilities, which includes monitoring City cameras inthe video room. GPD cannot access these cameras from the cars and Police does not yet havea command center, so Lankford would be the Citys eyes/ears on the cameras.
- Mary Vigue, Assistant to the City ManagerMarch 14, 2013
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Misrepresentation of records
As actually written (edited portions in color):
The City hires Lankford to provide security to facilities, which includes monitoring City cameras inthe video room. It is cheaper than hiring police officers for the same task and doesn't require thetraining or authority that police officers require. While I have not seen the document that theCity sent to Roch, I suspect it reflects this monitoring activity, which is why he only sees securityaccess. I am not aware thatGPD can access these cameras from the cars andwe do not yethave a command center, so Lankford would be our eyes/ears on the cameras.
I think a meeting with Roch may help him understand things a little better. We have no conspiracygoing on anything, but the PIRT process is not a very good way to address his concerns on thisor the DNA issue. I do not expect him to agree with our position on things, but it may help
reduce the constant barrage of PIRTs from him.
- Ken Miller, Chief of PoliceMarch 2, 2013
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Requests closed arbitrarily
Holder had received no records and nonotification that his request had been closed.
Only after a citizen brought the status of this
request to his attention and he called tocomplain were records provided.
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Recommendations for PIRT system
Make PIRT available online in real time.
Record all activity in PIRT system includingnotes of oral conversations.
Make all records released available for publicdownload on City's FTP server.
Note all instances of records withheld in PIRT
with name of staff withholding the records andthe reasons for withholding.
PIRT closed only by requester.
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PIRT already accessible by HTTP
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Let customers close PIRTS
A modern ticketing system:
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Let customers rate staffperformance
A modern rating system:
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Recommendations for recordsadministrator
Someone with a degree in library andinformation sciences, not a PR background.
Autonomy to search electronic recordsindependent of IT department.
Give administrator autonomy to respond torequests independent of prior approval from
City Manager, Legal or Police departments.
Permit requester to go straight to city staff.
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Establish an appeal process
Provide a formal process whereby responsesdeemed inadequate by requester may beappealed to a City Council-appointed committeeor to Council itself.
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