The city’s legal office Monday made public a binder full of pages of emails, sent to and received by female city Police Department employees, but it’s withholding emails to and from city officials.
All pertain to a $90,000 payout to longtime police dispatch manager Kelly McGrenaghan, which was described only as pertaining to former police chief Robert Merner. The Portsmouth Herald filed three Right to Know law requests for records about the payment, hired a lawyer after two requests were denied and the female employee’s emails are the only thing the city has released to date.
The police employee emails, reported Monday by the Herald, raised concerns about a lawyer hired by the city Police Commission to interview them. The women described the process as sexist and vague, but Commission Chair Joe Onosko said Monday when the civilian oversight board was made aware of their concerns, it invited all employees to participate.
The city officials’ emails not being released are described in a list given to the Herald and characterized as “not public records.”
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