How Can One Prove Intent When No Investigation Has Taken Place?

Back in February when the City of Greensboro released records to Yes! Weekly that indicated that City Councilwoman Marikay Abuzuaiter might be a confidential informant I asked the Greensboro Police Department to send me their GPD Confidential Informant Policies and Procedures. On Friday, after having claimed on numerous occasions that they had complied with my public information requests when in fact they had not, I was finally sent part of what I asked for? You may view links to what they sent me at the bottom of this post below the e-mail exchange that took place between myself, GPD Chief Ken Miller and others who were observing. I had to snip it in 4 parts so you'll have to view it one part at a time.

 Here are the documents they sent me all these months later:

Informant Handling Procedures

Confidential Funds

Handling Confidential Sources Of Information

Confidential Fund Expenditure Procedure


Even with my tin foil hat and My Favorite Martian antenna at full mast I can't imagine what the next document might be that it's so sensitive that GPD fears its release. Can you? The Federal Government publishes their confidential informant policies and procedures-- has the Greensboro Police Department become a higher security risk than the Federal government? I mean, I asked for policies and procedures, not names. My goal was to prove that Marikay Abuzuaiter was in-fact a Citizen Source of Information and not a Confidential Informant.

And how can the city of Greensboro and the Greensboro Police Department continue to make the claim there was no intention to break the law when there has never been an investigation?

As Chief of Police Ken Miller works directly for Greensboro City Manager, Denise Turner Roth and has his hands tied, unable to give me the information I've requested, it can only be assumed the answer to that question lies with the City Manager-- the one person in Greensboro government who cannot be investigated without a direct order from the Greensboro City Council.

So in closing, think about this the next time a Greensboro Police Officer writes you a speeding ticket when it wasn't your intent to exceed the speed limit or when you must pay a parking ticket because the line inside the court house was longer than you expected and you intended to get back to your car before the parking meter ran out. Could this be just another case of selective enforcement on behalf of the Greensboro Police Department or is GPD Chief Ken Miller failing to act under direct order of Greensboro City Manager,  Denise Turner Roth?

I know, it's easy to point fingers and make wild accusations but when government officials keep everything secret they only invite folks like myself to do what we do. Truth in government could have cleared this whole thing up months ago and given me nothing to write about. Instead: the City of Greensboro has chosen to grow my audience by thousands.

Would you hire people to do that?