"Attorney General Maura Healey on Thursday sued the Boston Police Department over the agency's refusal to release documents about fired police commissioner Dennis White.
"It's only the second time in memory the attorney general's office has gone to court to enforce the state's public records law.
"'Our state's public records law is in place to ensure an open, accessible, and accountable government, especially important when it comes to promoting public confidence in law enforcement,' said Jillian Fennimore, a spokesperson for Healey, in a statement. 'Following repeated failures by the Boston Police Department to produce these records, we are seeking an order from the court that they must be turned over.'"
In Kentucky, Attorney General Daniel Cameron withdrew his predecessor's intervening complaint in an open records case—the first of its kind—involving Western Kentucky University and the College Heights Herald on October 20, 2020.
At the time, we wrote:
"The decision to withdraw [former Attorney General] Beshear's intervening complaint in one of several open records cases in which his office's ability to discharge its open records duties was obstructed — here, by Western Kentucky University following the University of Kentucky's very poor lead — is only the latest evidence of Cameron's retreat from his statutory role."
In light of recent evidence of Cameron's further retreat from his statutory duties, this may be a worthwhile read:
https://www.facebook.com/419650175248377/posts/789149491631775/?d=n
