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ESPN is appealing of a ruling by a St. Joseph Superior Court Judge that the University of Notre Dame Police Department doesn't have to make arrest reports public.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller has submitted a friend of the court brief saying he believes the University of Notre Dame police department should be subject to the state's open records law.
The brief filed Thursday involves ESPN's appeal of a ruling by St. Joseph Superior Court Judge Steven Hostetler that the department doesn't have to make arrest reports public.
The Bristol, Connecticut-based company is seeking records about possible campus crimes that may involve student-athletes.
ESPN argued that a police department with the power to arrest should be subject to public scrutiny. It filed a lawsuit Jan. 15, alleging the private school was violating Indiana's public record laws by withholding police incident reports.
Notre Dame spokesman Dennis Brown said Friday the university had no comment on Zoeller's brief.
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