I told you this is security government building you cannot film here I disagree I don't care what if I don't leave if you don't leave I'll make you leave now are you going to leave or not hell I was going to do a record request and I went here early enough the other day a record request yeah okay is that an accident um I like I got like a five of them get reps no just like um just like basic stuff like a list of the our employees and hire date and salary and then like which background check on them or just like their uh person media I got a YouTube channel like a personel file of each officer or just like the officers yeah I mean not not they actual like like complaints and stuff like that just their hire date their name salary well they can't release the salary oh yeah they will that's absolutely public records ask him notless she work here they well just take my request and and send it to your Clerk and they'll deny I am the clerk honey I'm trying to figure it out but you can lose that attitude you don't have to be rude toward me I Ain got I ain't got that to you sound very hateful you really do sorry you feel that way I'm trying to help you but I'm not understanding what you're saying I know I can't give you information on the officers now I could give you a list with their name on it and their badge number like I can't give you like their pay and stuff like that y'all got a form I don't know you're the records Clerk she's the records Clerk yeah but I don't do like it's not it's like I do accident reports honey like you know like if you get in a wreck and you need to come get that accident report to take it to court or a cad is is mainly what I'm for I'm not like a a payroll Clerk and stuff like that they're hiring someone else to do that but I you know what am I looking Forest one I think it I think this is a dispatch request for that's not working I think I've got information request for [Music] [Applause] I just put it in ring that your request records and put down much of that yeah that's all you got you can fill it out on blank sheet the law the law says you can fill it out on a blank sheet of paper anything you can fill it out on anything a records request I I already I mean I already got it if y'all want to give me a stamp copy huh are you filming us right now huh are you filming us right now yeah okay that's that's yeah you can't do that that's illegal in the police station I don't think it is he's the chief of police sir this is secure government turn it off I ain't going to turn it off huh beat it beat it you can't film in here I told you it's illegal what's what's what what's the law turn your camera off the leave what what why right I told you this is security government building you cannot film here I disagree I don't care what if I don't leave if you don't leave I'll make you leave now are you going to leave or [Music] not comment I here R this guy why are you do this because the media should have right to let information so you should have right to come here and argue with police here I'm telling you turn your camera off leave give you one more chance and you going to turn your camera off don't tou my camera I canless I'm about to get sick of you just arrest me I am damn I'm waiting on somebody to come down your don't put my hands on let me tell you something bu you don't come in here and tell me what to do this is my Police Station you work for the people though I work for the city of Hazard I don't work for you you don't come in here and tell me what to do you don't come in here and tell me what I have to do and say you understand that I hear you sit down they're going all absolutely ridiculous you come in here and have yourself put in jail for no re the Lexington Herald Leader reported that on July 29th 2024 Campbell arrived at the hazard police station in an effort to submit an open records request for the names of police officers their hire dates and their salaries the lawsuit says he wanted the information for his own investigation about alleged abuse of overtime hours and excessive ticketing these items are all subject to open records laws and public documents according to Kentucky law despite this the clerk in the lobby Amber Hensley told Campbell he could not have the records and the salaries were not subject to public inspection Williams was standing behind Hensley in the reception area behind a glass window both refused to give the records he sought and when they discovered he was recording they told Campbell it was illegal to record in the police station Mike Abate an attorney for the Kentucky press Association said recording the police in a public facing part of the police station is protected by the First Amendment based on the facts of the complaint he said the inclination that Campbell couldn't record was quote completely false Williams arrested cble for menacing and disorderly conduct while he was waiting to be transported to jail Hensley approached Campbell took his phone and deleted video on his phone with Williams standing nearby Campbell did not give Hensley permission to delete the video or to seize his property Campbell's attorney argued in the complaint that since Campbell had been arrested and would be imminently charged with a crime the deletion of the video on his phone constituted tampering with evidence of a crime although Campbell's footage was thought to be deleted it was recovered in order to corroborate the footage Campbell's attorney Joshua harp and Kilburn requested camera footage from the station Lobby the County Attorney responded to the request and said the police did not have the lobby footage they claimed that the footage was purged and recorded over before it could be preserved if Darren Williams and the Hazard County Police Department actually believed that Dallas Campbell committed any crimes in their own Lobby on July 29th then surely they would have wanted to preserve all evidence of those crimes including the video footage from their own Lobby and video recorded by Mr Campbell himself harp told the heral leader their failure to preserve and produce the lobby video especially after it was requested by Campbell not only implies that they knew it was not evidence of any crimes but suggests also that someone willfully allowed it to be lost because they knew it tended to prove Mr Campbell was innocent the criminal charges against Campbell were dismissed on November 4th 2024 by the County Attorney after she vied viewed Campbell's video footage until that time Campbell was barred from the police station and not allowed to have contact with the clerk or the chief Abate said based on the facts alleged in the complaint the police Clerk and the chief had quote no appreciation of their obligation to open records law they should have taken the request and responded in the appropriate amount of time Abate told the Herald Leader it's extremely troubling if true and a serious abuse of police power trying to to silence someone who's seeking transparency Kentucky Law requires public agencies to respond to records request within five business days his attorneys wrote in a letter that there can be no legitimate excuse for the city's outright disregard for the requirements of the law the provisions in the ACT are not merely suggestions they are in fact actual laws Campbell is Seeking a ruling which would entitle him to the documents he requested in the first place $25 per day that his records were withheld and punitive damages Campbell encourages citizens to know their rights when seeking government documents and to ask questions of government leaders Campbell is quoted as saying nothing is wrong with asking questions of public officials this is the second lawsuit filed against Chief Campbell this month the first one being from his former deputy chief who alleges that he retaliated against her when he demoted and then fired her for reporting him for excessive use of force in another incident a link to Dallas Campbell's YouTube channel Appalachian news first is in the description and the pin comment below as well as a link to the story from The Herald Leader there's also contact information for the police department in case you wanted to voice your concerns I would imagine that since the police chief doesn't think he has to obey the law to fill open records requests he probably won't take kindly to being criticized by all of you either but I think it's necessary