Tallahassee Democrat by Karl Etters August 5, 2017 Tallahassee’s practice of sending crime reports to City Hall for vetting before releasing information to the public is an unusual one, media law attorneys say. And it remains unclear whether anyone else — including city commissioners — get a head’s up before the community is informed. The practice, […]
Police information goes through City Hall before release
Tallahassee Democrat by Karl Etters July 29, 2017 On the evening of June 25, City Hall was among the first to know a 17-month-old was shot in the hand while sitting in the back of a car on Texas Street. Within 30 minutes, Tallahassee Police Department supervisors at the scene relayed the basics of the investigation to […]