A police officer already has plenty of information they can’t release. Criminal investigations, confidential personnel records, protected personal information, and security details aren’t things officers should be discussing with just anybody. Those restrictions come with the job, and there’s a good reason for them. So when a city decides its officers need to sign an…
Barbour County history is full of stories people repeat because they’ve heard them all their lives. If you grew up here, or spent enough time around people who did, you’ve probably heard some version of them. Stop me if any of this sounds familiar: high-stakes poker games where decisions were really made, the prosecutor who…
Everybody likes transparency when the question is easy. It’s a lot easier to talk about openness when you’re announcing something good, explaining a successful case, showing off new equipment, or releasing numbers that make the department look good. The harder test comes when somebody asks about an arrest, a use of force, a complaint against…