We can't vouch for the accuracy of this analysis of other state laws governing access to police misconduct records, but Kentucky open records law is more nuanced than suggested here. Law enforcement agencies do not have unfettered discretion to deny access, but may invoke KRS 61.878(1)(h),(i), or (j) to temporarily deny access when the case is open.

Kentucky's law enforcement agencies also delay access by asserting that investigations into misconduct remain indefinitely open and by other mechanisms aimed at postponing production. But KORA does not restrict access to police misconduct records as a class of protected records. Both the Attorney General and the courts recognize they must be disclosed.

https://cases.justia.com/kentucky/court-of-appeals/2020-2017-ca-000750-…