Updates on Police Investigation

Portions of Risk Management Associations' 2005 Report on the City of Greensboro Police Department (Posted March 17, 2009)

City's Response to Interrogatories in Roch Smith Jr. and Samuel S. Spagnola v. City of Greensboro (Posted November 10, 2008)

Defendant's Answers to Plaintiffs' First Set of Interrogatories in Roch Smith Jr. and Samuel S. Spagnola v. City of Greensboro (Posted November 4, 2008)

Recent compilation of media reports and City information related to the police investigation.

Documents Released on February 12, 2008

Statement regarding the following documents from former City Manager Mitchell Johnson:
These documents, per request from Councilmember Robbie Perkins, were provided to City Council in an IFYI at the end of last week. We have now received approval to release them to the public, which may be helpful since they are the basis upon which we made many of our decisions concerning release of documents.

Letter from Thomas L. Eckert to Allison O. Van Laningham, February 6, 2007
Re: Public records request to the City of Greensboro

Letter from Seth R. Cohen to Martin N. Erwin, February 17, 2007
Re: Randall Brady and Scott Sanders

Letter from Seth R. Cohen to Martin N. Erwin, February 20, 2007
Re: Randall Brady and Scott Sanders

Letter from Martin N. Erwin to Seth Cohen, February 22, 2007
Re: Brady v. City of Greensboro

Email from James Coman to Martin Erwin, January 14, 2008
Subject: Phone conversation of January 10, 2008

Memo from Capt. Jane Allen to City Council and City Manager, February 8, 2008
Subject: Release of Internal Affairs Information

Documents / Recordings Released on October 2, 2007

• City Manager's Statement (PDF)
• Allegations by Officers and Others (PDF) 
• Conversation between Scott Sanders and Neighbor -- Recording 1, Recording 2,
  Recording 3, Transcript of Recordings (PDF)
• Conversation between Randall Brady and Detective -- Recording 1, Recording 2,
  Transcript of Recordings (PDF)
• Memo: Inquiry Regarding Lieutenant J.E. Hinson (PDF)
• Report: Conclusions of Investigation (PDF)
• Hinson Timeline and Findings (PDF) 

News Conference, September 21, 2007

• Video of news conference
• Memo from David Wray to Mitchell Johnson re: Review of Internal Police Administrative Investigations (with copy of Randall Brady memo re: Case Review), October 24, 2005 (PDF)
• Letter from Michael Longmire of RMA to Linda Miles, November 11, 2005 (PDF)
• GPD Operational Action Plan (PDF)
• Tim Bellamy Memo to Mitchell Johnson re: Greensboro Police Department Employee Concerns (PDF)
• Items for Your Information memo from Mitchell Johnson to City Council, September 21, 2007 (with City response to editorial column by Ken Keller) (PDF)
  • Proposed Public Statement for Chief (PDF)
  • Memo from Mitchell Johnson to David Wray re: Administrative Employment Decisions, December 15, 2006, (PDF)
• News conference statement by Mitchell Johnson (PDF)

News Conference, September 17, 2007

• Audio recording of January 6, 2006 meeting between Mitch Johnson and David Wray (.wav) (Transcript - PDF)
• Grand Jury indictments for Tom Fox and Scott Sanders, September 17, 2007 (PDFs)
• Statement from Attorney General's Office
• Mayor Keith Holliday's Statement to the Media (PDF) -- Watch the video

• Excerpt of interview with Deputy Chief Randall Brady regarding the "black book"  (audio file)
• Excerpt of interview with Deputy Chief Randall Brady regarding an investigation into the "black book" (audio file)
• Complete interview:  Part 1     Part 2
• Excerpt of conversation between Deputy Chief Brady and an officer regarding a neighbor of Chief David Wray (audio file)     Complete conversation (audio file)

Additional Documents

• Documents from City Manager's presentation to City Council, February 20, 2007 (PDF)
• Affidavit of James Coman in Brady v. Greensboro (PDF)