Chasnoff v. St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department We filed suit on behalf of John Chasnoff and the community organization to which he belongs, Citizens Against Police Crimes and Repression, under the Missouri Sunshine law. Mr. Chasnoff requested a copy of the citizen complaint and internal affairs investigation related to police officers taking World Series tickets from scalpers as evidence then giving the tickets to friends to use before returning them to the evidence locker. The Police Department has claims that these are closed records. But the citizen’s complaint is an open record and whether the investigation itself is an open record depends on whether the complaint alleges criminal activity. The City has not yet responded in court. Kristen Dunnett is serving as our cooperating attorney.
|
