Arkansas lawmakers OK info restriction for Capitol Police

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      (AP) – The Arkansas House has given final legislative
approval to a bill allowing the police agency patrolling the state Capitol to
keep information about officers private and passed and sent back to the Senate a
bill allowing secrecy among police at state colleges and universities.
      The bills were presented Tuesday as ways to keep security plans under wraps.
Their language says, however, that agencies could keep "records or other
information" about their forces out of the public eye.
      Rep. Stephen Meeks asked House members to reject the bill dealing with safety
plans at colleges and K-12 schools, saying he fears a situation in which "the
fox is guarding the henhouse," with legislators unable to intervene.
      Separately, a Freedom of Information Act exemption for security details at the
governor's mansion passed the Senate.

   

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