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LANSING — City Council members are divided about whether the city should ask Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox to investigate the city attorney’s release of the HIV-positive status of a man arrested in a May 22 undercover sex sting operation in a city nature center.
James McCurtis, a spokesman for the Michigan Department of Community Health, said Monday that the city should ask the attorney general’s office to investigate the release of the man’s private medical information as it might have violated state law. McCurtis also said the release of the status raised questions about what other medical information police might be releasing in police reports that may violate an individual’s privacy rights.
The city has denied any wrong doing, and has said it will not ask for the investigation from the attorney general.
Traditionally, such investigations are undertaken by the county prosecutor. But City Attorney Brigham Smith and his office work closely with the Ingham County prosecutor’s office, something McCurtis said might present a conflict of interest.
“I’m not sure about an attorney general investigation,” said Tim Kaltenbach, a city council member who represents the city’s Fourth Ward.
Kaltenbach added: “The law’s the law. They should follow the law.”
“I think they need to investigate,” said Derrick Quinney, the council’s president who is an at-large member. “If his rights were violated then there are questions that need to be answered.”
Brian Jeffries, an at-large council member, and Sandy Allen, who represents the Second Ward, said they needed more information before commenting.
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