Sunday, August 12, 2012

Cool Justice / RegCit Column: Where people disappear, there are no missing persons files



EXCERPT:

After nearly a year of knocking on doors, getting tossed from the police superintendent’s office and community meetings and following up with various requests, the New Orleans Police Department actually admitted it had failed to comply with the Louisiana public records law. This happened through a series of depositions of detectives and other personnel after I was compelled to file suit in the Civil District Court for the Parish of New Orleans.



GABE
CAPORINO

Missing Since 1974; Declared Dead In 1979

Now, His File Is Officially Missing, Too

  • Complete Column Via Register Citizen


  • BACKGROUND Columns

  • Freedom of Information in a criminal investigation


  • Diary Of A Big Easy Public Records Request, Entry 1


  • Diary of a Big [Un]Easy public records request, Part 2


  • NOPD Superintendent Serpas Hiding Public Records

    TWO ACTIONS FILED THURSDAY,
    OCTOBER 6, 2011
    Civil District Court For The Parish Of New Orleans


    1. - PUBLIC RECORDS LAWSUIT THIBAULT V. SERPAS

    2. - MOTION FOR WIDOW OF GABE CAPORINO TO RETRIEVE ALL INVESTIGATIVE FILES


    Click On Images Of Lawsuit,
    Related Motion For Better View


    Public records lawsuit
    Thibault v. Serpas










    Motion for widow
    of Gabe Caporino
    to retrieve all investigative files








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