The Complainant alleged that the Central Falls Detention Facility Corporation ("Corporation") violated the Open Meetings Act ("OMA") in relation to an emergency meeting of the Corporation Board of Directors ("Board") that occurred on April 14, 2019. The Complainant alleged that the meeting could...

The Complainant alleged that the Corporation violated the APRA when it denied his request for detainee records. This Office found that the Corporation violated the APRA when its denial failed to state that no portion of the responsive documents or records was reasonably segregable. See R.I. Gen....

The Complainant alleged that the Town violated the OMA by having insufficiently specific agendas for its December 11, 2018, January 8, 2019, and February 26, 2019 meetings. This Office concluded that several of the agenda items identified by the Complainant did not provide fair notice to the...

The Complainant alleged that the City violated the APRA when it provided a list of City police officers in response to her request for officer addresses, but redacted each officer's city or town of residence. We observed that the APRA expressly mandates disclosure of "the city or town of residence"

The Complainant alleged that RIAC violated the OMA because its agendas for two meetings contained an executive session item that did not cite to a subdivision of R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-5(a) as a basis for convening into executive session. Our in camera review of the executive session minutes...

The Complainant alleged that the Subcommittee violated the OMA when it discussed and took action on items not listed on its agendas for two separate meetings. The undisputed meeting minutes revealed that during the public comment section, certain discussions were initiated by Subcommittee members...

The Complainant alleges that the Town Councilors-elect violated the OMA when three members-elect engaged in a public interview with local media without posting notice to the public. Our review of the video interview confirmed that the members-elect responded to questions initiated by the press...

The Complainant alleged that the Town Council violated the OMA when three Councilmembers met privately with the Superintendent of Schools to discuss the School Department budget, creating a rolling quorum. Based on the undisputed evidence, the Superintendent had separate conversations with each of...

The Complainant alleged that the Fire District violated the APRA when it failed to timely respond to his APRA request. The Complainant also alleged that the Fire District Senior Supervisor was not certified under the APRA pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-3.16 and that the Fire District failed to...

The Complainant alleged the Department violated the APRA when it denied his request for any Department reports formulated as a result of criminal complaints made by a specific, private citizen. The Complainant indicated that no arrest resulted from the alleged criminal complaint(s) he sought. The...