Skip to main content

Complaints

  • File a Comlplaint:
  • Officer
  • Prosecutor
  • Judge

Search

  • Search by:
  • Individual
  • Organization
Brady List
Potential Impeachment Disclosure [PID] Database

Main navigation

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact

User account menu

Virginia Brady List

Dowd, Melissa

Melissa Dowd
Highland County Commonwealth Attorney
282 Mountain Turnpike
Monterey, Virginia 24465
(540) 468-2600
Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1666468826 - 1345421646
June 15, 2021
Attorney Misconduct
Employer: Highland County Commonwealth Attorney

PDF RSS JavaScript

Authorities

  • US Freedom of Information Act (1967)
  • US State Sunshine Laws
  • Open Government Act (2007)
  • Open Government Initiative (2009)
  • US Department of Justice - Giglio Policy
  • Open Government Directive (2009)

Open Letters

  • Attorney Generals
  • Prosecutors
  • Public Defenders
  • State "Regulatory" Bars
  • State Governors
  • State Supreme Courts

Articles

  • The Evolution to a "Platform of Record"
  • Modern Standards for Execution of Service in the US
  • Accountability of the Criminal Legal System
  • A Path Towards Qualified Immunity Reform
  • Mass Exonerations to Rectify Wrongful Convictions
  • Organized Obstacles to Law Enforcement Reform
  • Police Union Involvement in Politics
  • Potential Impeachment Disclosure [PID] Databases

Our Priorities

  • Ensure Enforcement Discretion
  • Empower Prosecutorial Disclosure
  • Enable Judicial Oversight
  • Build TRUST in the Community Through Transparency
  • Demonstrate Accountability
  • Enforce Remedies for Non Compliance
Where?

What?

Who?

How?

Why?

When?

Virginia Freedom of Information Act

§§ 2.2-3700 - 2.2-3714

The Virginia Freedom of Information Act is a series of laws designed to guarantee that the public has access to public records of government bodies at all levels in Virginia. Public records includes all documents, no matter their physical form, that are "prepared or owned by, or in the possession of a public body or its officers, employees or agents in the transaction of public business."

Any citizen of Virginia may request public records, however Virginia does limit the right of incarcerated felons to request any records whatsoever. The Virginia Freedom of Information Act does not require a statement of purpose,  nor are there any restrictions on the use of records. Virginia law requires open records request responses to be made within 5 business days.

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. 

Peace Officer Standards & Training [POST] Departments

Organizations [Law Enforcement et al.]

Citizen Reporters

Prosecutors

Society wins not only when the guilty are convicted but when criminal trials are fair; our system of the administration of justice suffers when any accused is treated unfairly.

- William O. Douglas, Associate Justice (1939 - 1975)
Supreme Court of the United States
Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services
Jackson Miller
Director
1100 Bank Street
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 786-4000
State of Virginia
Glenn Youngkin
Governor
Secretary of State
Kay Coles-James
Secretary of State
Department of Justice
Jason Miyares
Attorney General
Virginia Brady List

Sources

  • Attorney Generals
  • Citizen Reporters
  • Law Enforcement Organizations [LEOrgs]
  • Peace Officer Standards & Training [POST]
  • Private Citizens
  • Prosecutors
  • State Bars

Records

  • Brady Offenses
  • Citizen Reports
  • Decertification
  • Do Not Call [Giglio]
  • Officer Complaints
  • Prosecutor Complaints
  • Use-of-Force Reports

Resources

  • Amicus Curiea Brief
  • Conviction Integrity Unit
  • Conviction Review Unit
  • Judicial Complaints
  • Private Companies
  • US Federal Agencies

Articles

  • The Evolution to a "Platform of Record"
  • Modern Standards for Execution of Service in the US
  • Accountability of the Criminal Legal System
  • A Path Towards Qualified Immunity Reform
  • Mass Exonerations to Rectify Wrongful Convictions
  • Organized Obstacles to Law Enforcement Reform
  • Police Union Involvement in Politics
  • Potential Impeachment Disclosure [PID] Databases

Main navigation

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
Brady List© 2018 - 2023
Potential Impeachment Disclosure [PID] Database

Resources

  • Pricing
  • Request a Removal

Required Reading

  • ADA Compliance
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Transparency
All Rights Reserved   |   Level Playing Field Solutions

Main navigation

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact

File Officer Complaint

File Prosecutor Complaint

File Judge Complaint

Request a Removal

Clear keys input element