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There are two basic truisms when it comes to transparency: Politicians running for office tend to be strong supporters of it; but government, when confronted with bad news about itself, tends to default to secrecy and obfuscation.
In the real world, the latter often means: Get things done under the radar if possible. When dealing with information requests, delay as long as you can – claiming the request is burdensome (oh, it’s just so hard!) and scouring exemptions to the state’s Inspection of Public Records Act’s disclosure requirements to stretch them as far as possible.
If someone is looking into possible misconduct by a public employee that could lead to a departure – sometimes with a hefty goodbye check – hire a lawyer to do the investigation and claim attorney-client privilege. Or stretch the exemption for “matters of opinion” in a personnel file to include basic facts r
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Cadets of the 35th Albuquerque Police Academy class in 2002 run laps as part of their early morning training. The cadet class of 2020 was embroiled in numerous complaints of harassment and discrimination. (Albuquerque Journal file photo)
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It’s not the crime, it’s the coverup.
Or, in the case of the Albuquerque Police Department Academy, it’s not the 32-plus allegations of harassment and discrimination, it’s the retaliation against those who made the complaints.
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A wide ranging external investigation into more than two-dozen complaints from cadets and former employees at the police academy found that while almost all the allegations could not be confirmed or that the conduct did occur but resulted in discipline, the actions former Cmdr. Angela Byrd took to address them were retaliatory and against standard operating procedur