NORTH MYRTLE BEACH - The Sun News and city former police sergeant Jeff Senter Thursday joined a trial which is the town of violating Freedom of Information Act state conceal a video of a clash between present and Melissa Edge, the wife of State Rep Tracy Edge police.
Trial - initially filed last week by William Bailey, Director of this ancient city public safety — asked a judge to force the town of Mike Mahaney immediately release the video Manager.It also asks a force the city to pay all legal expenses related to the poursuite.Aucune judge court date has been scheduled.
"Citizens of North Myrtle Beach have the right to see records and actions of government officials that their tax dollars pay for," said P.J. Browning, President and publisher of The Sun News.
"The Sun News filed a lawsuit in this case to defend this right and to ensure that the open government WINS," said Browning.
Trial of Bailey appointed only Mahaney new défendeur.Les Sun and submit added as a defendant when they joined the trial Thursday.
Mahaney said that it was chosen because their disclosure video "would be unreasonable invasion of personal privacy."
Mahaney said he believes that the city will lose a legal challenge, but he wants a judge to force him to release the video as a protection against potential future disputes.
Decisions of the courts of the State have already stated that these videos of police are public documents available under the FOIA.
"We're going to wait to go through this process, and whatever the judge determines, the city will abide by the findings of the judge," said city spokesman Pat Dowling.
Senter, a veteran of 16 years with the city police department was fired on October 6, to the incident with Melissa Edge.Senter says that he has been unjustly terminated and city has scheduled a hearing public complaint about it for 9: 00 a.m. on November 8 in training at the city hotel room.
Meanwhile, the city resident and former candidate Gene Sheppard mayors filed a police incident report last week that also Mahaney of violating the laws of State FOIA.Sheppard wants police of the city to issue a warrant against Mahaney, according to the report.
Deliberate the State FOIA violations are misdemeanors punishable with a fine and up to $ 100 in prison for the first offence 30 days and climbing fines and penalties for the following offences.
Dowling said the city has carried out an initial investigation of complaint by Sheppard and Rick Buddelmeyer, acting Director of public safety, decided to turn the issue to a foreign body "to avoid any perception of impropriety".
Dowling said that he doesn't know what organization will be in the course of the investigation.
Senter said that he was on duty and talk with employees of the city at the firehall Cherry Grove at 9.45 a.m. on September 14 when Melissa Edge driving his vehicle in the parking lot.
Senter said he and Melissa Edge had been friends close, but he had not spoken with them since the end of June.
Melissa Edge is out of his car and confronted senter, he said.
Senter said enabled dashboard camera from his car police, said Melissa Edge has been registered.
Confrontation lasted only a few minutes and submit his police lieutenant Mike Baldasarre-has decided to ask Tracy coming at the firehall escort at his home in the two officers also accessed Buddelmeyer on ways to handle the situation femme.Les edge supervisor said submit.
No charges have been filed and submit does not write a report on the incident it said that he sees no reasons to stop Melissa Edge.
Mahaney said he took disciplinary measures against other agents involved in the incident, but he refused to say what agents and what measures have been taken.
The new Sun last month has requested a copy of indent - video cam .Mahaney rejected this request and at least two other applications, Bailey and submit.
Melissa Edge has apologized for the incident in a statement issued last week.
Tracy Edge, R-North Myrtle Beach, said in a written statement last week that neither he nor his wife "requested special treatment and had no role or participation in actions or decisions taken by the city."
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