Public Complaint No. 1725808872 - 198795800

L Shane Nelson

Deschutes County Sheriff's Office

63333 West Hwy 20

Bend, Oregon 97703

(541) 388-6655

https://sheriff.des…

Date of Offense

November 1, 2016

Complaint

First Amendment

Statement

While campaigning against his opponent in the 2016 Sheriff's race in Deschutes County, Oregon, Sheriff Shane Nelson intentionally violated his opponent's (Deputy Eric Kozowski) First Amendment right to Free Speech. Kozowski successfully sued Sheriff Nelson in federal court and was awarded $1MIL dollars in damages - See case link for details - https://www.francishansen.com/jury-awards-over-1000000-against-deschutes-county-and-sheriff-shane-nelson/

Location

Deschutes County, OR, USA

43.83251, -121.2616541

Oregon Public Records Law

O.R.S. 192.410 et seq.

The Oregon Public Records Law, first enacted in 1973, is a series of laws designed to guarantee that the public has access to public records of government bodies at all levels. The ORS 192.410(4)(a) says that a public record includes any writing that contains information that relates to the conduct of the public's business, is prepared, owned, used or maintained by a public body regardless of physical form or characteristics. If a record (a) does not relate to the conduct of the public's business and (b) is contained on a privately owned computer", then it is not a public record as defined in the law.

Anyone can request public records and a statement of purpose is not required. There are no restrictions on the use of records nor is there a specified time limit for responses.