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An attorney for embattled Bristol Virginia Councilman Doug Fleenor claims the city is out of bounds in demanding that his client release city documents but also cites a code section relating to “wire, electronic or oral communications” in a recent filing. “Rather Fleenor contends that the ‘hearing’ and threatened conduct set out in the notice is illegal under the statutes of the Commonwealth.” Fleenor's attorney, Michael Bragg, wrote the city “seeks to compel Fleenor to do what it legally cannot do. Defendants have told the inquiring press that it is prohibited by law from releasing the amended notice to the public. The city attorney on repeated occasions in press reports has called upon Fleenor to release the amended notice. The defendants seek to compel that disclosure through this motion.”
Bristol Herald Courier
Charlottesville’s Police Civilian Review Board continued to discuss creation of its bylaws, budget and concerns about police accountability at its meeting Tuesday. In community comment, Jeff Fogel questioned the Charlottesville Police Department’s collection and distribution of stop and frisk data, saying a recent request had been denied. The department has kept data about who was stopped and the reason for the stop since 2012, but it was often incomplete. Fogel previously has asked for data collection of all street detentions. In December, after transitioning to a new computer program, the department stopped adding stop and frisk data to its records but kept track manually. In an email Tuesday evening, city spokesman Brian Wheeler said the police department continues to collect the same data it always has about encounters, detention and arrests. To report it, the data has to be manually extracted, he said.
The Daily Progress
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