the basis of exemptions. 37% of requests were denied for other reasons. 5% of all requests were denied on the basis of claiming documents were, quote, not reasonabley described. dhs is drowning in foia requests and needs to make sure the right resources are put toward clearing these cases. the department of homeland security receives about one-third of all requests and is responsible for two-thirds of the federal backlog so it s particularly disappointing to see the program in the duplication report. the gao has said this is a terribly mismanaged, ill executed system so much so that there are highlights in the gao s report. my disappoint grew yesterday when the foia research center revealed that dhs has hired contractors for the purpose of closing rather than completing cases. we would like to explore that. individuals requests records from homeland security might hear from contractors multiple times inquiring about whether or not they re still interested in their requests. t
live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10:00. delaware police detective on the wrong side of the law tonight charged with arson and conspiracy. police say it all started when the wilmington detective s car was set on fire. good evening, i m iain page. i m lucy noland. investigators now say he set the wheels in motion. wilmington mayor calls it deeply troubling. fox 29 s chris o connell is live at the wilmington police department. chris? reporter: lucy, eight year police veteran is out on bail and off the job tonight here from the wilmington police department charged with trying to higher someone to set his own car on fire. wilmington police say it was tuesday night when detective omar reddick called his own police department to report an arson. someone had torched his car with gasoline in the parking lot of liquor store on the 3100 block of lancaster avenue. at the time police thought detective reddick was being targeted during on-going gan
not worried. the government has a job to do. let them do their job. okay? i m very comfortable with where we re at right now. once we get this ugly scenario by everything will be fine. reporter: targets of multiple searches fbi spoke man would say only they were part of on-going investigation included the headquarters of ibew local 98 the electrical workers union where johnny dock is the long-time business manager. ibw training facility anbar owned by dougherty. nothing for anybody to find. there s nothing there. i m the most vetted guy in philadelphia in 20 years. reporter: federal agents seized boxes of documents and other materials from the city hall office and the home of city councilman bobby heenan. bew official and long-time dougherty pro thai jay. back at dougherty s home spokesman frank keal notice the feds have been after dock for years. it s somewhat puzzling they re investigating john s home because nothing in john s home or about john s home has chang
the holiday inn just before 4:00 this morning. we are maybe blocks away from i-35/80 between hoover high school and urbandale high school. the police are here from urbandale and the dci as well. right now, when i mentioned earlier, police called just after 4:00 this morning on the report of a drug complaint. whether that was use or a possible sale, we are not sure. three people met the officers in the lobby, a fight ensued, and one suspect pulled out a gun. that is when urbandale police returned fire. two women are currently in custody. urbandale police responded very quickly and now dci is on the scene. we are being told this investigation could take some time, and we are expecting a press conference at some point a details if and when that does happen. marcus mcintosh live in urbandale. alyx: turning to commitment news, as the republican presidential field narrows, the remaining candidates are now courting voters in south carolina, ahead of tonight s debate. the gop primary