Didn't know about sunshine request - the website[1] - until I searched for this term!
replyThis is just FOIA. You don't need any special website or process; just Google [(your state) FOIA] or [(your municipality) FOIA officer]. In Illinois, you can simply email free-form requests for documents and start a 10-day clock on the public body's side.
replyThe problem is following up. It's hard to understand the process, and what to do when the public body doesn't respond.
replyIf nothing else, the Sunshine Request site is a good place to get form emails for these requests from.
Im not sure if there is a way to verify that the one he is talking about, but for public records request muckrock is great.
replyMuckRock is the gold standard for systematizing FOIA requests imho.
reply> he did a sunshine request to see that they were privately owned by flock. Then he requested flock take them down but they didn't. After a few months he decided he will enforce the ordinance as the sheriff refused too.
replyyeah that's basically theft then. The cameras are probably a lot of money and so the dollar number put it in felony territory.
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replyMoral of the story: never talk to the police. Even if you yourself are police.
reply>Still got charged with theft somehow...
replyMore equal animal acting in his official capacity gets treated like less equal animal.... basically.
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