City has the legal right to withhold information
In response to “City making probe impossible” (N&R, May 6), I believe the pertinent statutes contain such words as “the head of an agency, may, at his discretion, reveal the cause of a (personnel action) if he believes that the operations of the agency have been adversely affected.”
Accordingly, the city of Greensboro appears to have a legal right to withhold information from the U.S. Department of Justice, as it has chosen to do.
It also appears that the city of Greensboro does not feel that the operations of the police department have been adversely affected.
I am sure that attorneys for the Department of Justice, the city of Greensboro and also your own general counsel are familiar with the personnel laws of North Carolina.
Harry N. Young
Greensboro
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