Decertification No. 1633981138 - 1142275098

Sammy Lee Cohen

Anchorage Police Department

716 West 4th Avenue

Anchorage, Alaska 99501

(907) 786-8900

https://www.anchora…

Date of Offense

May 10, 2010

Offense(s)

Criminal Charges and/or Conviction

Official Statement

SAM

Alaska Public Records Act

Alaska Statue 44.25.110 et seq.

The Alaska Public Records Act states that most records in the possession of municipal (and state) government are subject to disclosure and this applies to municipalities. Citizens should presume that all records are public and subject to inspection by any member of the public. The only reason a record may be withheld from public disclosure is if a legal exception can be identified that authorizes withholding access.

Section AS 40.25.220(3) in the Alaska Public Records Act defines “public records” to mean “books, papers, files, accounts, writings, including drafts and memorializations of conversations, and other items, regardless of format or physical characteristics, that are developed or received by a public agency, or by a private contractor for a public agency, and that are preserved for their informational value or as evidence of the organization or operation of the public agency; ‘public records’ does not include proprietary software programs.”

We the People

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.