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Resident alleges FOIA refusal on police records; officials advise Attorney General recourse
Summary
During public comment, resident Susan Bray said Deputy Cummings refused to fill a FOIA request for records tied to a 2-year-old incident; police representatives said they do not maintain officers’ personal phone records and cited FOIA balancing tests, and officials advised Ms. Bray to pursue the Illinois Attorney General if dissatisfied.
Susan Bray used the public-comment period at the Oct. 28 Oak Lawn trustees meeting to say she had filed multiple FOIA requests and that Deputy Cummings refused to fill a request connected to an incident from two years earlier.
"I put in a FOIA request and Deputy Cummings refuses to fill it," Bray said. She told trustees…
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