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FOIA responsesArchived file

July 21 renewed NNPD response withholds call report and two body-camera items

City of Newport News · NNPD FOIADocument date: July 21, 2026

Amy Brown's response in P 017513-071726 identifies a three-page call-for-service report and two body-camera items, withheld as criminal-investigative information. It adds later police-custodian confirmation of recordings without supplying the full encounter.

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Selected ANN transcription of native July 21 14:00:10 UTC GovQA response P 017513-071726. Private routing, tracking and request attachment omitted. Latest response located in this thread; no footage supplied or ruling on withholding established.

File: dsa_police_renewed_withholding_2026_07_21_Redacted.pdf

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Newport News Charter § 10.03 — City Attorney powers and duties

City of Newport News · Legal reference sourcesDocument date: Date not specified

Subsections A, D and G address legal advice to the School Board, management of City law business, and authorization of assistant attorneys or special counsel.

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Official Virginia Legislative Information System charter text, checked October 16, 2026. Section 10.03 cites 1978 Acts, chapter 576 in its source history. General legal-adviser authority is not proof of the specific April 2025 referral, request scope or an NNPS FOIA-officer appointment.

FOIA responsesArchived file

March 11, 2026 NNPD withholding response, request P 014786-031126

City of Newport News · PoliceDocument date: March 11, 2026

NNPD identifies located call-for-service, criminal-citation and body-camera records for the April 4 encounter and withholds them.

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Visible header March 11, 2026, 10:25 a.m.; request P 014786-031126. The response identifies a three-page call-for-service report, two-page criminal-citation report and two video segments. It does not supply those underlying records or establish a court outcome. Publication copy with permanent redactions; original source retained privately.

File: dsa-2026-police-records-withholding.pdf

FOIA responsesArchived file

Discovery STEM Academy safety audit — April 2025 FOIA response correspondence

City of Newport News · Office of the City AttorneyDocument date: April 4, 2025

LaDonna Seely and Lynn Spratley correspondence concerning request G008933-040425, treatment of an interaction as a verbal request and access to a school safety audit.

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Agency and requester correspondence on April 4, 2025; top Spratley reply is dated in the rendered email header. This is a response chain, not the safety audit itself. A separate entry records the April 17 arrangement for review of a redacted audit. Requester assertions remain attributed to the requester. Publication copy; private contact details removed where present. Original retained separately.

File: seely-discovery-safety-audit-2025-public.pdf