sjhipple
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Recently, my wife and I were stopped by an officer of the FFX PD (I was issued a warrning for an improper turn, but that's neither here nor there). After being stopped, I and my wife put our hands on our heads and informed him that we had a loaded gun on the dashboard. He ran the serial #'s, issued me a warning and that was it.
I filed a FOIA requesting three things: the incident report (I was told there isn't one), any audio/video recording of the incident, any radio chatter relating to the incident.I received this reponse today.
"The case involved an investigation of a traffic violation, i.e. Improper Turn. Pursuant to Virginia Code Ann. Section 2.2-3706(F)(1), Law (sic) enforcement agencies may exclude the relase of complaints, memoranda, correspondence, case files or reports, witness statements and evidence relating to a criminal investigation or prosecution."
It is signed by Ryan W. Morgan, Sergeant, inspections division of the internal affairs bureau.
There are multiple reasons I don't think this section applies, but I'd like some input from anyone who's done this before, while I look over the law. I'll need to file a writ of mandamus to get the records.
Recently, my wife and I were stopped by an officer of the FFX PD (I was issued a warrning for an improper turn, but that's neither here nor there). After being stopped, I and my wife put our hands on our heads and informed him that we had a loaded gun on the dashboard. He ran the serial #'s, issued me a warning and that was it.
I filed a FOIA requesting three things: the incident report (I was told there isn't one), any audio/video recording of the incident, any radio chatter relating to the incident.I received this reponse today.
"The case involved an investigation of a traffic violation, i.e. Improper Turn. Pursuant to Virginia Code Ann. Section 2.2-3706(F)(1), Law (sic) enforcement agencies may exclude the relase of complaints, memoranda, correspondence, case files or reports, witness statements and evidence relating to a criminal investigation or prosecution."
It is signed by Ryan W. Morgan, Sergeant, inspections division of the internal affairs bureau.
There are multiple reasons I don't think this section applies, but I'd like some input from anyone who's done this before, while I look over the law. I'll need to file a writ of mandamus to get the records.