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Residents push for civilian review board after city denies police-record request
Summary
A resident who requested police records said the city denied access under state exceptions and called for a civilian review board and police-reform measures. Council took no formal action during the public-comment meeting.
Lancaster City — At the April 29 Lancaster City Council meeting, resident Taylor Raymond described a records request for police documents tied to a March 2 incident and said the city denied the request under state exceptions, prompting calls for a civilian review board.
Raymond said the city's response, dated April 9, cited exceptions under the Criminal History Records Information Act and the Juvenile Act, and that the denial, together with a lack of public communication about the March 2 incident, convinced him that Lancaster needs a civilian review board and additional police reform measures. "It is clear to me that we need a civilian review board, and we need some serious police reform," Raymond said.
Raymond also referenced Administrative Resolution 18, discussed at prior meetings, regarding disposition of certain police records; he said the city had stated some physical records were being retained and that digital records could be subject to exceptions protecting criminal and juvenile investigatory material. No council motion, staff report or formal vote followed from the public comment.
Speakers at the meeting asked for transparency about investigations and access to records; councilors did not announce any procedural changes during the session.
