Judge Orders University to Turn Over Crime Records

By ERIC HOOVER

Georgia ruling is latest in battle over documents at private colleges

Colloquy: Join an online discussion about how colleges should respond to a recent court ruling in which a judge said private colleges must open their campus-police logs to public scrutiny under state open-records laws.By ERIC HOOVER

The Mercer University Police Department's Web site encourages students and staff members to report "anything suspicious" to a campus hot line. But how much information can they

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Past Coverage

Mercer U. Can Keep Police Records Private - June 17, 2005
Harvard's Student Newspaper Sues for Access to Records - August 8, 2003
The Public's Right to Know About Campus Crime - March 15, 2002
Harvard Can Keep Police Records Private - January 27, 2006
Campus Police at Eastern Michigan U. Suspected Student Had Been Murdered - March 23, 2007

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