Pima County Attorney Laura Conover cites the expense and time it takes for her office to handle an increasing amount of public records requests as reasons for her push for new rules.
Pima County Attorney Laura Conover faces criticism for a push by her office to create “reasonable boundaries” around public records requests.
The prosecutors' office suggests that all public agencies, rather than just local law enforcement, be able to establish a onetime fee so they can recover some of the cost of reviewing video, which could mean a $46 charge per hour to the public for review of a video. Doing this, the proposal says, would help counties save costs due to the “lessened impact on personnel who respond to public record requests and decreased software costs to manage such requests.”
Supervisors back off planOn Tuesday, the Pima County Board of Supervisors voted to remove the item from the county's legislative agenda after former county attorney chief criminal deputy David Berkman told the supervisors the proposal may have something to do with his ongoing lawsuit. Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio “I don’t think that the board and the county as part of our legislative agenda program should get involved in whatever is accruing in between the current county attorney and the former deputy attorney,” Scott said.
'Obvious deterrent' to records accessThe county attorney’s recommended solutions have raised some eyebrows about transparency and the public’s access to records. According to the county attorney’s website, reform, transparency and accountability are Conover’s core objectives. Berkman said he was glad the Board of Supervisors rejected the proposal, saying coming up with something that restricts the people’s right to know what the government is doing “is a bad idea on every level.”
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