Should Arizona Public Records Continue To Stay Public? It seems like every three months an Arizona legislator attempts to limit the public’s access to important records. Just last month Rep. John Kavanagh proposed criminalizing the videotaping of police officers. This time it’s Rep. Eddie Farnsworth of Gilbert, who has proposed limiting access to …
As Tucson and Phoenix private investigators, our livelihood depends in large part on continued access to public records. Fortunately for private investigators and other professions that rely on this access, maintaining a transparent government is a founding principle of this nation. Finding an old court case, police report, department memo or …
City Of Tucson Removes Criminal History Question From City Employee Applications As you may have recently heard, the City of Tucson has become the first municipality in Arizona to omit questions about an applicant’s criminal history on the city’s online application forms. City officials cited a desire not to deter otherwise qualified …
“There can be no equal justice when the kind of trial a man gets depends on the amount of money he has.” — Hugo Black, Griffin v. Illinois, 351 US 12 (1956). The simple truth that the poor should enjoy the same right to effective counsel as the rich is …
