Ruling is against state police in open records case

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Attorney General’s Office has ruled against state police in an open records case.

The Lexington Herald-Leader (http://bit.ly/1EmsZ1U) reports Assistant Attorney General James M. Herrick wrote in an opinion released Monday that the state police post in Bowling Green should have released surveillance video footage from its lobby that was requested by Roger Lambert.

The post refused the request, calling it too burdensome and citing the homeland security exemption, saying the video could reveal "damaging security information" about the post.

Lambert appealed, and Herrick ruled that copying the video is not too much of a burden and video footage from a public lobby does not qualify for the homeland security exemption.

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Information from: Lexington Herald-Leader, http://www.kentucky.com

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