Prosecutor Objects to Release of Newtown 911 Tapes Under Freedom of Information Requests

After a hearing officer from Connecticut's Freedom of Information Commission recommended that 911 calls related to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting  in Newtown be released, a prosecutor has objected on the grounds, among others, that the commission does not have jurisdiction and that the recommendation would violate a new state law exempting many records of the shooting from the right-to-know arena. The media outlets seeking the information want to examine how law enforcement responded to the school shooting. The full commission will hear the case later this month.