The Kentucky Attorney General issued the following open records decisions last week:
1. 23-ORD-302 (In re: Lewis Davenport/Department of Corrections)
Summary: The Department of Corrections did not violate the Open Records Act when it did not provide records that do not exist.
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2023-OROM/2023/23-ORD-302.pdf
2. 23-ORD-303 (In re: Jan D. Blythe/Franklin County Regional Jail)
Summary: The Office cannot find that the Franklin County Regional Jail violated the Open Records Act because the Office cannot resolve the factual dispute between the parties as to whether the Jail received a request to inspect records.
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2023-OROM/2023/23-ORD-303.pdf
3. 23-ORD-304 (In re: Eric Cook/City of Ashland)
Summary: The City of Ashland did not violate the Open Records Act when it asked its employees to search their emails for responsive records.
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2023-OROM/2023/23-ORD-304.pdf
4. 23-ORD-305 (In re: Eric Cook/Ashland Police Department)
Summary: The Ashland Police Department did not violate the Open Records Act when it denied a request for a record that does not exist.
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2023-OROM/2023/23-ORD-305.pdf
5. 23-ORD-306 (In re: John Yarbrough/Kentucky State Police)
Summary: The Kentucky State Police violated the Open Records Act when it did not provide a copy of an audio recording in its original format and failed to explain why. However, the Office cannot resolve the factual dispute between KSP and the requester about whether additional records exist and were not provided.
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2023-OROM/2023/23-ORD-306.pdf
6. 23-ORD-307 (In re: Stanley W. Roberts/Laurel County Detention Center)
Summary: The Laurel County Detention Center did not violate the Open Records Act when it did not provide records that do not exist.
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2023-OROM/2023/23-ORD-307.pdf
7. 23-ORD-308 (In re: Anthony Sadler/Lee Adjustment Center)
Summary: The Lee Adjustment Center did not violate the Open Records Act when it denied a request for records it does not possess.
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2023-OROM/2023/23-ORD-308.pdf
8. 23-ORD-309 (In re: Vivian Miles/Kentucky State Police)
Summary: The Kentucky State Police did not violate the Open Records Act when it did not provide records that do not exist. KSP also did not violate the Act when it denied a portion of the request that sought information without describing public records to be inspected.
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2023-OROM/2023/23-ORD-309.pdf
