Complaint on the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office
Georgia Attorney general Chris Carr
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Good day, please find my complaint below. There are two violations taking place within these requests. 50.18.74 making the process difficult and using bogus exemptions based on non related laws.
On 12.15.2022 I( requested the following,
I am requesting the body worn camera of Deputy Robert Wilson and all other officers involved as well as Rochard Russell.
The date is 03 03 20. It involved the incident in the screen shot I attached, the incident on the right.
I am attaching the statement made on this officer Robert Wilson, the same officer that was arrested last week by the GBI for an unreacted incident.
Please investigate this agency and their open records policy infractions. Ignorance is no excuse for the law. I have asked in my last complaint to your agency on how touring charges against the violators, do I have to file a civil complaint in order to begin that process because I am not noticing any impact from your letters to them.
On 12.20.22 I received the following response
This office is unable to provide you with the requested video pursuant to OCGA 15-11-708(b).
John Perry Internal Affairs Richmond County Sheriff’s Office Augusta, Ga
From SGT John Perry , InternalAffairs
This is a state statute regarding records kept on juveniles and NOT an open records exemption, this is a violation of the open records act § 50-18-74. I have received a LOT of body cam from the RCSO with unreacted juveniles, they must redact if it is a privacy concern.
This is the second violation in 30 days, your office is in receipt of my previous complaint.
Furthermore the obfuscation of the process by introducing different people, SGT Mccarty IA, SGT John Perry IA, SGT Celeb Lee and the city attorney Tameka Haynes.
I have additional requests in that I am having a difficult time getting because they have complicated the process. The open records law states I have to give ,my requests to the custodian of records, there is no mention of a lawyer acting as a liaison between the requester and agency.
§ 50-18-74. Penalty for violations; procedure for commencement of prosecution.
(a) Any person or entity knowingly and willfully violating the provisions of this article by failing or refusing to provide access to records not subject to exemption from this article, by knowingly and willingly failing or refusing to provide access to such records within the time limits set forth in this article, or by knowingly and willingly frustrating or attempting to frustrate the access to records by intentionally making records difficult to obtain or review shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000.00 for the
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