Contact: Elaine Tricoli
Phone: (336) 373-2421

Statement from City Manager Mitchell Johnson:
Additional Police Investigation Documents Released

GREENSBORO, NC – (February 12, 2008) – Six 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 those six documents to the public, which may be helpful since they are the basis upon which we made many of our decisions concerning release of documents.

The documents are available on the City’s website at www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/publicaffairs/mediacenter/investigationupdates.htm.

They are: 

Letter from Thomas L. Eckert to Allison O. Van Laningham, February 6, 2007

Letter from Seth R. Cohen to Martin N. Erwin, February 17, 2007

Letter from Seth R. Cohen to Martin N. Erwin, February 20, 2007

Letter from Martin N. Erwin to Seth Cohen, February 22, 2007

Email from James Coman to Martin Erwin, January 14, 2008

Memo from GPD Capt. Jane Allen to City Council and City Manager, February 8, 2008

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