Judge: York Co. can withhold addresses in 911 response logs
December 11, 2009
York County President Judge Richard K. Renn ruled Thursday the county is in compliance with the commonwealth's Right-To-Know law when it refuses to release addresses in emergency time response logs. Read More…
Ex-York tech school director paid as part of settlement
September 02, 2009
The former director of the York School of Technology is still on the payroll. James A. Kraft, who resigned June 30, is entitled to full salary and benefits until the end of March 2010 as part of an agreement that stemmed from "disputes" between the school and Kraft, according to the agreement he signed June 19. The settlement agreement was obtained by the Daily Record/Sunday News after a right-to-know request. Read More…
911 logs disagreement points out issues in RTK law
July 12, 2009
The York Daily Record/Sunday News and York County are headed to court over the newspaper's request for what the state deems a public record: 911 time-response logs. Read More…
Court to determine public access to 911 logs
July 12, 2009
York County's refusal to release addresses or locations along with dispatch and arrival times of emergency responders is not an attempt to stop the York Daily Record/Sunday News from reviewing that data, county solicitor Michael Flannelly said Friday. Read More…
York County to appeal open records ruling on 911 logs
June 10, 2009
York County solicitor Mike Flannelly said Wednesday that the county commissioners will appeal a decision from the state Office of Open Records regarding what information the county must provide about 911 dispatches. Read More…
State: York County must give addresses in 911 logs
May 27, 2009
The state Office of Open Records ruled recently that publicly released time response logs from York County's 911 Center must include where police or fire units were headed when they were dispatched. The office made the ruling Friday in response to an appeal by the York Daily Record/Sunday News. More than two months ago, the Daily Record/Sunday News asked the county for the logs with addresses. Read More…
County's public 911 response logs not useful
April 26, 2009
If state residents want to know if their local fire companies, police departments and EMS agencies are responding promptly to emergencies, Pennsylvania's new Right-to-Know law gives them the right. Residents can request time response logs from their county 911 center, which would help them determine if agencies arrived in a timely fashion, officials say. But that's not the case in York County, because of how the county defines a time response log. Read More…
