APD hiding parts of incident reports

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October 15, 2008

[edit] APD hiding parts of incident reports

"Police officials with the Albany Police Department withheld portions of police reports from reporters Tuesday, reversing a longtime policy of full disclosure to police documents some say Georgia law requires them to provide.

Tuesday morning, Albany police staff refused to provide narrative portions of initial incident reports to an Albany Herald and WFXL reporters who requested the reports.

Narratives, generally the last page of multipage incident reports, explain the circumstances of the event and provides a context for police action."

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