Editor’s Note: Sunshine Request makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.
Editor’s Note 07/02/24: The submission above has been marked as “Completed”.
– On June 10, 2024 we completed a request related to “… Gaston County Police Officer Michael Dodd’s Oath of Office and Surety Bond.” We review any info given to us from entities to determine if it satisfies the initial request. We make no claim as to the veracity of records / responses we receive from Entities. If you have reason to believe that Gaston County has improperly disclosed (or is not disclosing) all available public records in accordance with NC Public Records Law, we encourage you to reach out to them directly:
– We submitted the following request to Gaston County (and two of Travis’ email addresses) on May 20, 2024. It is related to the “… electronic copy of the current Oath of Office and Surety Bond (or the Surety Liability Insurance Policy) for Travis Page [Office of District Attorney, 325 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way Suite 2003 Gastonia, NC 28052].”
After some back and forth, in June Dandria Bailey (Gaston County) advised that the request was “… forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office. Because Travis Page is not a Gaston County Government employee, we do not have those records.” We have been exchanging emails with Melissa D. Pollard (Assistant CSC) since June 13, and are still actively working to get a response. The request has not yet been completed.
Our next scheduled follow up will be on 07/08. At whatever point the request has been marked as “Completed”, if the sender would like revise and submit a new request through our website they are encouraged to do so.
Please note. Currently, we have 3 records requests that are still open with Gaston County Gov or Gaston County Clerk of Superior Court. If you would like to see the status or results of a “published” or a “completed” request related to “Gaston” you can do so via the View All Requests page on our website, which includes a Search function.
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