SWAT TEAM REFUSES PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, SAYS ‘WE’RE NOT A GOVERNMENT AGENCY’ Either it is a public entity subject to public records laws, or what it is doing is illegal by MIKAEL THALEN | INFOWARS.COM | JUNE 26, 2014 2020 A regional SWAT team in Massachusetts is refusing to release information on raid statistics due to its belief that it is a private organization. After being petitioned by the ACLU, the North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (NEMLEC), the group that overseas the SWAT team, claimed it was not subject to public records laws. “When we asked NEMLEC for records about their SWAT policies and deployments, we were startled to receive this response: we don’t have to give you documents because we aren’t government agencies,” the ACLU blog, PrivacySOS, revealed. Although claiming to be a private entity, the group seemingly has no issue with using government grants and public funds to purchase and maintain armored vehicles and military equipment. “NEMLEC can’t have it both ways,” said Jessie Rossman, a staff attorney with the ACLU of Massachusetts. “Either it is a public entity subject to public records laws, or what it is doing is illegal.” The ACLU immediately responded by filing suit against NEMLEC, asking the Suffolk County Superior Court to order the group to release all relevant documents including training materials, incident reports and deployment statistics.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:03:24 +0000
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