North Smithfield, Rhode Island
From Sunshine Review
North Smithfield is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island. It was settled as a farming community in the 17th century and incorporated into its present form in 1871. North Smithfield includes the historic villages of Forestdale, Primrose, Waterford, Branch Village, Union Village, Park Square, and Slatersville.
The population of North Smithfield was 10,618 at the 2000 census.
[edit] 2008 lawsuit
The Rhode Island affiliate of the ACLU filed a lawsuit against the North Smithfield police department in December 2008 accusing the department of violating the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act by refusing to turn over an arrest report that it says should have been public.
The suit alleges that a police dispatcher refused in November 2008 to give a community activist a copy of an arrest report related to a traffic stop. The ACLU says the dispatcher erroneously told the activist the report was off-limits until criminal charges were resolved.
The suit seeks $1,000 in damages and a court order requiring the release of the report.[1]
[edit] External links
- Transparency Train Portal to Government Transparency
- The Church on the Green at Slatersville, long a Buxton Church
- Samuel Slater, Father of the American industrial revolution, Slatersville, the mill village/with photos
[edit] References
- ↑ New England Cable News (NECN), "RI town sued over alleged open records violation", December 4, 2008
