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| Sheriff ordered to release deputies' names |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 03/14/2005 |
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The state's highest court ordered the Barnstable County (Mass.) sheriff last week to release the names of his reserve deputies to the Cape Cod Times, ruling that the information is a matter of public record even though the reserves are not public officials. The newspaper began investigating the sheriff's department after police launched a criminal probe into a car dealership owned by a reserve deputy sheriff who was later indicted on larceny charges and resigned from the reserve program. Sheriff James M. Cummings refused to release the names of his more than 200 reserve deputies, saying they were entitled to privacy because they work for the Barnstable County Deputy Sheriff's Association, a private organization not subject to public records law. The Times sued, arguing the names and addresses were public records kept by the sheriff's department and should be available for inspection. Superior Court Judge David A. McLaughlin ruled in the sheriff's favor in December 2003. But the Supreme Judicial Court agreed with the Times that records are public when they are ''made and received" by public officials. |
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