Weld County defends sheriff’s office notarization requirement for records request forms
In a letter to a lawyer for 9NEWS and Colorado Public Radio, Weld County defended a sheriff’s office requirement that records request forms be notarized.
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CFOIC’s 2025 year in review: press freedom battles, a vetoed records bill, a ‘private’ judicial system, auto-deleted Signal texts and a $25.4 million CORA request
Coloradans fought for press freedom and freedom of information in 2025 in settings as small as the Eastern Plains town of Bennett and as big as the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
Estes Valley Voice argues in court for disclosure of redacted attorney billing statements of hospital district
A Larimer County District Court judge will decide whether the Colorado Open Records Act requires a public hospital district to redact privileged information from attorney billing invoices and release the public portions to the Estes Valley Voice news site.
Attorney for 9NEWS and Colorado Public Radio: Requiring notarization of records request forms an ‘unreasonable hurdle’
A Weld County Sheriff’s Office requirement that records request forms be notarized “creates an arbitrary and unreasonable hurdle” and “does not serve any legitimate government interest,” a letter from an attorney for two news organizations says.
Colorado appeals court reviewing $13,650 penalty awarded to inmate in public defender records case
The Colorado Court of Appeals will decide whether a judge properly ordered the state public defender to pay prison inmate Eric St. George $13,650 for its “arbitrary and capricious” denial of his request for a policy document.
CFOIC/ACLU brief: Fees for bodycam footage not authorized in Colorado’s Law Enforcement Integrity Act
Colorado’s Law Enforcement Integrity Act does not permit agencies to charge requesters hundreds or thousands of dollars for body-worn camera footage showing possible misconduct by police officers, three briefs submitted to the Colorado of Appeals argue.
Judge says Colorado public defender’s response to inmate’s records request was ‘arbitrary and capricious,’ orders $13,650 penalty
A judge has ordered the Colorado Office of the State Public Defender to pay a prison inmate a $25-a-day penalty, totaling $13,650, for its “arbitrary and capricious” denial of his request for a policy document.
Legislators introduce wide-ranging government transparency bill affecting open meetings, CORA and criminal justice records
Two Republican lawmakers introduced a bill that would undo open meetings law exemptions for the General Assembly enacted last year and make a host of other changes to Colorado’s government transparency statutes.
Rejecting news organizations’ appeal, Colorado Supreme Court keeps police officer database confidential
A ruling by the state’s highest court means that the bulk of Colorado’s licensing database of law enforcement officers will remain confidential.
Supreme Court weighs arguments that could affect confidentiality of Colorado’s peace officer database
Comparing the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) board to the dental board and similar state licensing agencies, an attorney for two news organizations urged the Colorado Supreme Court to reverse an appellate ruling that keeps the state’s database of law enforcement officers confidential.