The Kentucky Attorney General issued the following open records decisions last week:
1. 20-ORD-198 (In re: Donald Phillips/Northpoint Training Center)
Summary: Northpoint Training Center violated the Open Records Act when it failed to provide a brief explanation of how the exceptions it relied upon to deny a request applied to the responsive records. However, the Center did not violate the Act when it redacted certain material from the records it subsequently produced.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2020/20-ORD-1…
2. 20-ORD-199 (In re: Levi Henson/Richmond Police Department)
Summary: The Richmond Police Department violated the Open Records Act when it did not search for records responsive to a request and when it invoked an inapplicable exemption to deny the request.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2020/20-ORD-1…
3. 20-ORD-200 (In re: Chris Lewis/Harlan County Health Department)
Summary: Harlan County Health Department violated the Open Records Act when it denied an open records request because the request was not on the Department's preprinted form.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2020/20-ORD-2…
4. 20-ORD-201 (In re: William Aucott/Kentucky State Penitentiary)
Summary: Kentucky State Penitentiary did not violate the Open Records Act in its response to Appellant's request to inspect records.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2020/20-ORD-2…
5. 20-ORD-202 (In re: Darryn B. Sharber/Louisville Metro Department of Corrections)
Summary: Louisville Metro Department of Corrections did not violate the Open Records Act when it was unable to produce a record that did not exist in its possession.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2020/20-ORD-2…
6. 20-ORD-203 (In re: Levi Henson/Lexington Police Department)
Summary: The Lexington Police Department did not violate the Open Records Act when it denied a request for copies of records where the request did not precisely describe the records sought.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2020/20-ORD-2…
