What now, when record keeping FAILS.

Earlier this month I submitted a F.O.I.A request to the Fayetteville, Arkansas Police Department 

Seeking as much case information as possible, sadly after 51yrs the case file had been misplaced/lost.
I still have F.O.I.A requests out for the Washington County Sherrif’s Office and the Arkansas State Police, hopefully one of the other two agencies which worked on the case will come through with better record keeping.

2 thoughts on “What now, when record keeping FAILS.

  1. I definitely would refuse to accept this answer of not being able to find the files. An FOIA Request is not a document to be dismissed. Poor record keeping is no excuse when it come to serious matters. I would escalate this issue of poor record keeping with a higher authority.

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