Walsh administration refuses to release internal affairs files of embattled police commissioner

Howard is quoted in this article: Walsh administration refuses to release internal affairs files of embattled police commissioner.

On the day Dennis White was appointment Boston Police Commissioner, the Boston Globe made a public records request for his internal affairs files. The City denied access to the records, claiming that the release of the records would compromise their new investigation into the old allegations of White’s domestic violence. The Globe appealed to the Supervisor of Records, who ruled that the city’s denial did not meet the legal threshold.

Howard is quoted as saying that government agencies use delay as a tactic. If they delay long enough the story that caused the request may no longer be news. Our firm has sued the City of Boston when they have delayed in providing public records and failed to comply with rulings by the Supervisor of Records.