Phoenix police will no longer give the public or news media the date of birth, address, or other personal data of arrested suspects, claiming their lawyers advise the release of such information could violate a state anti-identify-theft law.
However, state records ombudsman Elizabeth Hill tells New Times that such advise probably runs counter to the state public records law. Police departments around the state have been quietly testing the waters for months, holding back info to supposedly avoi
A bill that would've brought Arizona's public-records law into the digital age has gone into sleep mode.
Elizabeth Hill, (pictured), state public-records ombudsman, says the League of Arizona Towns and Cities launched a late lobbying effort this week and had the bill scuttled for this year's legislative session. She doesn't know which city or cities were behind the move.
Hill says she has meetings planned with government officials this summer to talk about reviving the proposed l
