It starts with a demand that a low-level city employee produce a public record on the spot. Or with an email to a private company demanding invoices relating to a public agency. Often, it ends with a lawsuit. For more than a year, government officials all over Florida and the vendors they do business with […]
Hospital Appeal Rejected in Public Records Case – State Capital Briefs
STATE CAPITAL BRIEFS (LUNCH EDITION): WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2015 THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA HOSPITAL APPEAL REJECTED IN PUBLIC RECORDS CASE An appeals court Wednesday upheld a ruling that a North Florida hospital authority violated the state’s public-records law by placing unreasonable restrictions on a resident’s access to documents. A three-judge panel of the 1st […]
Body Cameras Bill Still Moving In Senate, Will See More Changes – WFSU
A bill now making sure law enforcement agencies across the state that use body cameras have set guidelines passed another hurdle in the Senate Tuesday. It’s the same bill that originally mandated all officers wear the devices. Sen. Chris Smith (D-Fort Lauderdale) says the overall premise of his bill is simple. “We have a proliferation […]
