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911 records withheld in Detroit officer’s slaying
9-1-1 in the News, Legal | Greg | August 10, 2010 at 11:21 am
DETROIT, Aug. 10 (UPI) — Detroit officials say they won’t release 911 records in the shooting death of a city police officer because the records could taint potential jurors.
The Detroit News reports the city’s assistant corporation counsel, Ellen Ha, said releasing the information could cause “widespread publicity” and taint a jury pool.
Officer Brian Huff was shot to death May 3 while investigating a 911 call from a woman who reportedly claimed someone had broken into the vacant duplex next door and fired shots.
“The 911 recording contains information that has not been disclosed,” Ha wrote in her denial of the newspaper’s public information request under the state’s Freedom of Information Act. “The release of the 911 recording could cause widespread publicity, which may cause potential jurors to reach premature opinions.”
Releasing the withheld segments of the 911 and dispatch audio recordings “would deprive a person or persons of the right to a fair trial or impartial administrative adjudication,” she wrote.
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