The laws about public records differ from one government to the next and are further complicated by some technologies, like police body cameras.
In 2015, the editor of a newspaper in Florida filed a public records request with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office asking for the email of every employee during a five-month period to be searched for specific gay slurs.
In response, the South Florida Gay News received a $339,000 bill…Please click here to read Liz Farmer’s story in Governing.
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