The City of Sandy Springs has an online Week in Review dashboard that offers updates from different departments.
The page refreshes each week. Occasionally, the city will post archives of the report.
The Dec. 1 document describes an event in which police officers responded to someone allegedly locked in the bathroom at Lost Corners Park.
The dashboard account, captured by Appen Media but not currently available on the city’s website, goes on to state that while police attempted to arrest the suspect, the person fought back. Eventually the “officer was able to subdue subject by taking them to the ground and then into custody.”
Through the Open Records Act, Appen Media requested a copy of the police incident report associated with that exchange.
The provided document, which is supposed to be an account of what took place when an officer responds to a scene, shares a thinner narrative. That report features just one sentence:
“On November 22, 2023, I responded to 7300 Brandon Mill Rd. Sandy Springs, Ga 30328 in response to being dispatched for a Welfare Check at the location.”
This shorter format is similar to other incident reports provided to Appen Media.
Through other means including separate Open Records Act requests filed months later, Appen Media has been able to obtain full versions of some of those reports.
Shown above at right is an example of one of these complete narratives.
The newspaper contends that these full versions exist for each report and the city is unlawfully withholding them.
The incident report provided to Appen Media concerning the Brandon Mill Road park incident also includes the code for a Felony obstruction charge. Appen Media also requested any associated arrest reports, but the city did not furnish them, indicating that either an arrest was not made for a felony or the city was violating the Open…
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