Public Complaint No. 1666366098 - 696759301

Larry Irwin

La Paz County Sheriff's Office

1109 West Arizona Avenue

Parker, Arizona 85344

(928) 669-6141

https://lapazsherif…

Date of Offense

August 1, 2014

Complaint

Abuse of Authority

Statement

Larry Irwin's misdoings have been covered up by La Paz County Sheriff Department because his wife is on the board of supervisors, Holly Irwin. He has had several complaints about not backing up his fellow deputies and has had a restraining order against him for harassing a deputy's wife at her work and threatening her life. The sheriff's department "investigated" the incident using their own men even after a different department was requested. Larry was just moved to a different department and all was covered up. The injunction against harassment was signed by Judge King of La Paz County.

Location

Parker Az

Arizona Public Records Law

§39-121 et seq.

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.

The Arizona Public Records Law does have some exceptions which include: student records, research records, donor information, or if the release of a record would constitute an invasion of personal privacy and that invasion outweighs the public’s right to know, of if the disclosure of a record is detrimental to the best interests of the state. Arizona law also requires individuals who are making a FOIA request for commercial purposes to state those purposes.