'The common thread is we don’t know because there is a transparency and accountability problem with the Nassau County Police Department,” says Susan Gottehrer, the regional director for the NYCLU, which is also suing the department.
Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder speaks as Bruce Blakeman, the newly sworn-in county executive, looks on.Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder speaks as Bruce Blakeman, the newly sworn-in county executive, looks on.that Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder violated open records laws when he refused to turn over his work calendars.
The work calendar sought by WSHU covered a three-month time period when Ryder told lawmakers he was meeting advocates to draft a state-mandated police reform plan. Thewas heavily redacted making it difficult to determine how much Ryder participated in this reform process. Nassau County Police are currently fighting a number of cases to keep records private. Susan Gottehrer, the regional director for the New York Civil Liberties Union, which is also suing Nassau County Police for disciplinary records, said transparency makes police more accountable, and secrecy undermines that effort.
“It’s a public record. Everyone knows it can be subpoenaed or in this case a FOIL request made for it,” he said. In the Newsday suit, the newspaper requested police disciplinary records. Police turned over some records, but they were heavily redacted, and the paper contested those redactions in court. In that case, the judge sided with police, saying that privacy concerns outweigh transparency claims, especially in relation to unsubstantiated police disciplinary records. Newsday is appealing the ruling.Smith, the Newsday lawyer, said Nassau’s efforts to withhold records are unusual.
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