Many Connecticut Police Departments Withhold Public Info, Investigation Finds
Five municipal police departments and one state police troop flouted Freedom of Information law in a statewide compliance check this month by refusing to release even basic arrest information upon request.
New Haven police didn’t provide any required information, with spokesman David Hartman telling a reporter who asked to see the arrest log, that “You’ll never get blotter from us, we are just too damn busy.”
“It is not public information; these are arrests, not convictions,” Hartman added.
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