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Only four out of the 20 #AmazonHQ2 finalists have released their bids to MuckRock

by Beryl Lipton

January 18, 2018

The growing global retailer Amazon has announced the 20 finalists for its challenge to secure homefield rights for its second headquarters. We take a look at the responses to our requests for those areas.

Miami Police releases a single row of a nearly 100 page spreadsheet

by JPat Brown

December 11, 2017

A few weeks back, I filed with the ten largest police departments in the country for a list of all sexual harassment complaints or lawsuits from the past five years. The Miami Police Department was among the first to complete the request, releasing a single closed case from 2016. While that in itself is notable, what really stood out was they manner in which they released this information: a 96-page spreadsheet that was completely redacted other than the row containing what I asked for.

A rare public records arrest, unauthorized human experimentation, and a bonus bonanza exposed by FOIA

by Michael Morisy

December 01, 2017

This week, a number of stories that show how critical transparency is. One involves public safety issues, the other involves jail time. Plus, how public records request filed by public officials might help unwind a mysterious email campaign in Virginia.

Miami-Dade Police owns two ‘hover and stare’ drones

by Inkoo Kang

September 25, 2012

The Miami-Dade Police Department’s three-year drone program has been a high-profile example of municipal law enforcement agencies’ swift embrace of drone technology.