Sheriff has two PIOs; neither will respond.

I have emailed legitimate questions to the two Sheriff's Department Public Information Officers; Deborah Garcia and Jennifer Vega Brown.

Of the one I asked;

Via "contact the sheriff link"
I am trying to track down records on an incident at Rio Grande High School that happened on 8/18/11. Sheriff's deputies were involved in an incident involving APS Police and students. APS' report number is #11-1457. I am in hope that you can give me the BCSO number so I can track down the records.

and of the other;

Ms. Vega Brown,

I am wondering if the MOU response letter from the APS board and the sheriff's response to it, are available for surrender under the IPRA.

If the letters between the APS School Board and the Sheriff enjoy exception under the Inspection of Public Records Act, then she should point to the exception. Otherwise, she should answer the question about whether the BCSO will surrender the records or, fight to keep them secret.

What if APS and Sheriff Dan Houston really are meeting privately to negotiate a "grandfathering in" of the corruption in the APS Police Department; a massive scandal that will become public if the MOU about them holding evidence of their own corruption, takes effect before statutes of limitation expire on their crimes?

Don't the people have a right to know?
Perhaps they might want to hold Houston accountable for the
betrayal, at his next election.

I am concerned that the Sheriff's Office is offering so little help in tracking down their records of the incident at Rio Grande High School. Our efforts to retrieve a copy of the BCSO report, efforts that would normally produce the record, have been unsuccessful.

If KRQE did take the story down as I was told, then they have put it back up, link; a brawl at RGHS to which deputies were called. Vega Brown was interviewed in the report; she must know what their report number is.

It's too soon to say the BCSO report has vanished; but it would be consistent with what I was told; that APS Director of Communications Rigo Chavez asked the Sheriff's Office to change (or vanish?) their report.

In any event, it's always bad when you ask a public servant a question and they ignore it.

If the truth is exculpating, why do they need to hide it?