Public Complaint No. 1666366449 - 765062703

William Ponce

La Paz County Sheriff's Office

1109 West Arizona Avenue

Parker, Arizona 85344

(928) 669-6141

https://lapazsherif…

Date of Offense

December 21, 2018

Complaint

Conduct Unbecoming

Statement

Sheriff Ponce has several complaints against him sleeing with subordinantes on and off duty and cheating on his wife with them. He has a child with a former dispatcher and is carrying on a relationship with a female deputy 20 years younger. Even after several "investigations" he has always been released back to duty with no repercussions. A lot of this happened when he was the Chief for Quartzsite Police Department.

Location

Quartzsite, AZ

Arizona Public Records Law

§39-121 et seq.

The Arizona Public Records Law has been in existence for more than 100 years and mandates that all public records be open to inspection by any person at all times during office hours. Public records include books, papers, maps, photographs or other documentary materials. Lake v. City of Phoenix recently established that digital meta-data, attached to files stored in any electronic form are considered part of that document and are thus subject to open records requests.

The Arizona Public Records Law does have some exceptions which include: student records, research records, donor information, or if the release of a record would constitute an invasion of personal privacy and that invasion outweighs the public’s right to know, of if the disclosure of a record is detrimental to the best interests of the state. Arizona law also requires individuals who are making a FOIA request for commercial purposes to state those purposes.