Legal Opinion
Bain v. Windham County Sheriff Keith Clark
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided March 2, 2012No. 2009-468PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
¶ 1. In this appeal, we are asked to consider whether “radio dispatch and unit logs” generated by police are exempt from disclosure under the Vermont Access to Public Records Act. Stephen Bain, pro se, requested such documents from Windham County Sheriff Keith Clark, and filed suit when the records were not produced. The trial court dismissed Bain’s suit against Clark, finding the records exempt from disclosure under V.S.A. § 317(c)(5) as “records dealing with the detection and investigation of crime.” Bain did not submit a records request to Windham County State’s Attorney Tracy Shriver, and…
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