In April 2016 during an attempted sale of a bicycle while off duty YCSO Dep. Bryan Zdanowski made a false statement about the provenance of the bike. Apparently unbeknownst to Dep. Zdanowski the bike had been stolen. Dep. Zdanowski cooperated in the subsequent investigation into the bike theft which led to the apprehension of the bike thief.
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The Arizona Public Records Law has been in existence for more than 100 years and mandates that all public records be open to inspection by any person at all times during office hours. Public records include books, papers, maps, photographs or other documentary materials. Lake v. City of Phoenix recently established that digital meta-data, attached to files stored in any electronic form are considered part of that document and are thus subject to open records requests.
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We the People have a Right to Know according to the Supreme Court of the United States [SCOTUS], past Presidents (of both major political parties), Congress, and the United States Department of Justice. As an expression of that Right to Know, we have coordinated valuable information from a number of resources into a single, public-facing, searchable database.
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