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Delta County commissioners uphold most prosecutor FOIA denials after hearing on data limits
Summary
After hearing from the prosecutor—s office about a June 2024 case‑management migration, the Delta County Board of Commissioners voted to uphold a majority of FOIA denials, while some appeals were returned to the FOIA coordinator for follow-up; several commissioners dissented, citing transparency concerns.
Delta County commissioners on Aug. 18 considered a slate of Freedom of Information Act appeals against the county prosecuting office and voted to uphold most of the office—s denials after the prosecutor said producing the exact compiled records requested would require extensive manual work.
Prosecutor Lauren Wickman told the board the office switched case‑tracking systems on June 10, 2024, from a case‑based system to a person‑based system and that the data transfer introduced placeholders and errors that prevent reliable automated reports. "Our new system is person based... the only way we can find the individual files is by knowing the individual defendant's name," she said, describing why a requester—s broad demands for yearlong, charge‑level breakdowns would require pulling thousands of individual files.
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