The Fall River Police Department (FRPD) asked the Secretary of State’s Public Records Division for permission to charge Fall River Reporter nearly twice the $25 an hour rate for public information requests, but was quickly denied by the Supervisor of Records. This is the first time Fall River Reporter has ever been asked to pay for a public records and comes shortly after we published From “One of the Best” to Targeted: How Fall River Police Department Weaponized a Warrant Against Ex-FRPD Officer.
The Request
In response to three public records requests over a 9 day period, the FRPD sent the following email to the Secretary of State’s Public Records Division on Friday, March 27.
The Response …