ACLU of RI sues Brown University public safety over refusal to provide arrest records

Brown University police arrests are not public. ACLU lawsuit is looking to change that. • Rhode Island Current

A gate on the Brown University campus. The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island is suing the university's Department of Public Safety for refusing to give arrest reports to local journalists. (Photo by Janine L. Weisman/Rhode Island Current)A new lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island aims to stop a three-decade practice in which Brown University police officers keep arrest reports hidden from the public. T…

Brown University police department sued over exemption from RI public records law

On Monday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island filed a lawsuit against Brown's Department of Public Safety over the department's alleged claims that it was not subject to public record disclosures under the state's Access to Public Records Act, or APRA.University Spokesperson Brian Clark said the University has yet to formally receive the lawsuit, but is prepared to "mount a strong effort" defending its exemption from APRA."If we …

ACLU of RI sues Brown University public safety over refusal to provide arrest records

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has filed a lawsuit against the Brown University Department of Public Safety (BDPS), accusing them of refusing to provide requested arrest records to two journalists. The suit comes after BDPS allegedly withheld the information from reporters for the Brown Daily Herald and Motif Magazine in 2022 and 2023, respectively. In the 2022 instance, Brown Daily Herald reporter N…