Obey the law. Timely release of police files is not optional

From Sunshine Review

November 12, 2008

[edit] Obey the law. Timely release of police files is not optional

"Nearly nine months after the Telegram & Gazette requested records regarding citizen complaints against a Worcester police officer, and almost three months after the department accepted payment for the copying, delay that might have been excusable now appears, in fact, to be willful noncompliance with the law."

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