Open records decisions and open meetings decisions issued by the Kentucky Attorney General last week:
1. 25-ORD-108 (In re: Rebekah Atkins/Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office)
Summary: The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
did not violate the Open Records Act when it provided all records in its possession because the requester is not a resident of the
Commonwealth.
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2025/25-ORD-108.pdf
2. 25-ORD-109 (In re: Saeid Shafizadeh/Shelbyville Police Department)
Summary: The Shelbyville Police Department
violated the Open Records Act when it failed to substantiate
the fees imposed in its original response, but it has substantiated the
imposed fees on appeal. The Department did not violate the Act when it
withheld “background investigation file[s]” and “polygraph
examinations” under KRS 15.400(3).
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2025/25-ORD-109.pdf
3. 25-OMD-110 (In re: Jason O’Bannon/London City Council)
Summary: In appeals to the Office under the Open Meetings Act, the Office cannot resolve factual disputes or determine the
credibility of witnesses. Accordingly, the Office cannot find that the
London City Council violated KRS 61.810(2) by holding
a series of less-than-quorum meetings.
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2025/25-OMD-110.pdf
4. 25-ORD-111 (In re: Jeffrey Gegler/Kentucky State Police)
Summary: The Kentucky State Police did not violate the Open Records Act when it did not provide records it does not possess. KSP violated the Act when it denied a portion of a request as too imprecise.
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2025/25-ORD-111.pdf
5. 25-ORD-112 (In re: William Cope/Kentucky State Penitentiary)
Summary: The Kentucky State Penitentiary did
not violate the Open Records Act when it declined to provide copies of records to the inmate requester without prepayment of
reproduction charges.
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2025/25-ORD-112.pdf
6. 25-ORD-113 (In re: Danny Maiden/Office of the Attorney General)
Summary: The Office of the Attorney General did not
violate the Open Records Act when it invoked
KRS 61.878(1)(i) and (j) to withhold records.
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2025/25-ORD-113.pdf
7. 25-ORD-114 (In re: David Gardner/City of Salyersville)
Summary: The City of Salyersville violated the Open
Records Act when it delayed the Appellant’s access to records beyond five business days without properly invoking KRS 61.872(5). The
Office cannot find the City violated the Act when it claims to have provided all records responsive to a request.
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2025/25-ORD-114.pdf
8. 25-ORD-115 (In re: Kurt Wallace/Bullitt County Detention Center)
Summary: The Bullitt County Detention Center did not
violate the Open Records Act when it failed to respond to a
request for records within five business days due to closures caused by
extreme weather conditions. But the Jail violated the Act when it failed
to display its rules and regulations pertaining to public records or
contact information for its records custodian on its website, as required
by KRS 61.876(2).
https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/orom/2025/25-ORD-115.pdf
16. 25-ORD-116 (In re: Scooter Cook/Office of the Attorney General)
Summary: The Office of the Attorney General did not
violate the Open Records Act when it required requests to be signed by the requester and to state the manner in which the requester
was a resident of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
