"A deputy director in Lexington's parks department has been suspended for making multiple inappropriate remarks regarding religion, employee's clothes and the LGBTQ community, according to documents obtained by the Lexington-Herald-Leader.
"The city's human resources department substantiated six violations against Chris Cooperrider, who has worked for parks since 2009. Two were for violating policies regarding harassment and four were violations of city policies regarding professional behavior, according to a Sept. 2 memo the Herald-Leader obtained through an Open Records Act request.
Cooperrider is appealing the 48-hour suspension, according to the documents."
In 1992, the Kentucky Supreme Court determined that:
"The public's 'right to know' under the Open Records Act is premised upon the public's right to expect its agencies properly to execute their statutory functions. In general, inspection of records may reveal whether the public servants are indeed serving the public, and the policy of disclosure provides impetus for an agency steadfastly to pursue the public good."
https://law.justia.com/cases/kentucky/supreme-court/1992/90-sc-498-dg-1…
This opinion has been affirmed by the courts In subsequent opinions and by the Office of the Kentucky Attorney General in multiple open records decisions. The public's right to know that a public employee has been disciplined is well established in Kentucky.
Indiana, not so clearly.
