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However, Del. Alan Mayer, DFairfax, also a committee member, said the computer technology available to police today is sophisticated enough to create a simple program to give the press the information they’re seeking.
“That’s a lot of bull,” said Mayer, reacting to the police assertion that the legislation demands too much. “I think they’re just going to have to try harder.”
Some media advocates and legislators said police opposition merely reflects a deep resistance to losing control over what they want the public to know, and when.
“The problem is, the police want to be the ones choosing what to release,” said Mayer. “That’s not the way things are supposed to work. The press should decide what to release to the public.”
In the weeks leading to the November public hearing, police groups are expected to get the word out about the proposed changes and urge members to turn out in force to block the legislation, or at least tone it down.
“When these people come out and say they don’t want any changes, they underestimate the power of the legislature when it says, ‘we want you to do something,’ ” Miller said.
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