WHY ARE STATE POLICE SO SECRETIVE?(News) From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | Date: April 20, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of The Herald Co. by the Gale Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: John O'Brien Staff writer

New York State Police have a pat answer for anyone looking for the kind of report that other police agencies routinely release.

No.

When asked for public records, the state police force people to file Freedom of Information Law requests, which can take months. Then, the police have a "knee-jerk response" to keep records private, says state government's top expert on public-records law.

The fallout:

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