Orlando PD claims the Mateen 911 call is "criminal investigative information" and exempt from public records lawhttp://www.alternet.org/grayzone-project/law-enforcement-stonewalls-media-attempts-verify-narrative-orlando-shooters-motives …
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Several problems with this. FL police routinely release recordings of 911 calls that may have bearing on pending criminal investigations.
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Just one example from this month. 911 call reporting a Boca Raton homicide released despite ongoing investigation.http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/boca-raton/fl-boca-raton-man-fatally-shot-911-call-20160609-story.html …
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Contents of that call could easily have been deemed "criminal investigative information" had the police sought cause to prevent its release.
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Another problem: a 911 call audio recording is not an internal police investigative record, but a record that is presumptively public.
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Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has clearly stated: "There is no question that the sound recording of an E911 call is a public record"
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And then there's the obvious problem that the caller and alleged perpetrator of the criminal acts is deceased.
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