Departments handle decisions on when and how to release information
differently. Police in this case still offered more information than
simply meeting their obligation to make records public when finished,
Grassey said.
The department also has to consider the impact that releasing
information, such as a pending charge, will have on people involved in
a case, Grassey said.
"You have to measure the rights of the accused and the rights of the
victims before information comes out," he said. "Whether you agree or
disagree, you have to protect the rights of everyone involved."
But a person's reputation plays no part in public records law, said
Bob Ambrogi, executive director of the Massachusetts Newspaper
Publishers Association.
"I think the nature of the public records law is that unfortunately,
sometimes it's not written to protect people from embarrassment," he
said. "It is written to say the public has a right to know certain
things."
Delaying the release of information can sow mistrust with the public
and lead people to think something is amiss, even if that's not the
case, Robinson said.
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