The short answer. I am a disabled dad. On October 7,
2026, I sent the nine emails below to seven Georgia offices. Five went
to or about the State Bar of Georgia, with answer dates from October 9
to October 22, 2026. The main one went to Elizabeth M. Crowder, Senior
Assistant Attorney General, Georgia Department of Law. It asks Georgia
POST to name the standard for its October 27, 2026 vote on my complaint.
I asked for a written answer by October 16, 2026.
Sent October 7, 2026
| # | What I Sent | To Whom | Time (Eastern) | Answer Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Records request: federally funded training for Georgia POST | Jill Dalon, Records Custodian, Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (Georgia POST) |
6:10 AM | Tuesday, October 13, 2026 (written response or timetable) |
| 2 | Reply: my October 6 records request stands | Brandy Faulkner, Executive Assistant, Executive Office, and Open Records Custodian, Georgia Public Safety Training Center |
6:14 AM | Friday, October 9, 2026 (written response or timetable) |
| 3 | Withdrawal of my larger records request and its $1,134.40 estimate |
Open Records, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council | 6:16 AM | No date set. I asked for written confirmation |
| 4 | Letter: name the standard for the October 27 vote, and postpone the vote |
Elizabeth M. Crowder, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Georgia Department of Law |
6:47 AM | Friday, October 16, 2026 |
| 5 | Letter with 32 exhibits: sixteen questions | Russell D. Willard, General Counsel, State Bar of Georgia, and Stacey Peace, State ADA Coordinator |
3:32 PM | Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 5:00 PM |
| 6 | Second letter after four signed letters of June 30 | Jeffrey W. DeLoach, Chair, State Disciplinary Board, State Bar of Georgia |
3:33 PM | Thursday, October 22, 2026, 5:00 PM |
| 7 | My October 7 letter to Russell D. Willard, with a request to confirm receipt |
John J. Shiptenko, ADA Coordinator, State Bar of Georgia | 3:35 PM | Friday, October 9, 2026, 5:00 PM |
| 8 | ADA complaint, first of two | Human Resources, Judicial Council of Georgia / Administrative Office of the Courts |
3:35 PM | Written confirmation of receipt requested the same day |
| 9 | ADA complaint, second of two | Human Resources, Judicial Council of Georgia / Administrative Office of the Courts |
3:35 PM | Written confirmation of receipt requested the same day |
The count, as of October 7, 2026: nine emails
listed, one acknowledgement back, three same day confirmations asked and
none back.
Georgia
POST Will Vote on My Complaint on October 27, 2026. Under What
Standard?
On October 7, 2026, at 6:47 AM Eastern, I sent a letter to Elizabeth
M. Crowder, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Georgia Department of
Law, asking the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council
(Georgia POST) to name the standard for an October 27, 2026 vote on my
complaint, and to postpone that vote. I copied Kevin Ofchus, Assistant
Attorney General, Georgia Department of Law, and three Georgia POST
officials: Monika Franklin, Director of Investigations; Meghan Fail,
ADA Coordinator; and Chris
Harvey, Executive Director.
It asks for three things. One: the statute, rule or procedure, by
name, version and effective date, that the vote will apply, in writing
by Friday, October 16, 2026. Two: fourteen days after that answer to
send one written supplement. Three: that the vote on my complaint move
to a later meeting. Fourteen days from October 16 ends October 30, three
days after the vote. The letter also puts eleven numbered requests to
the Director of Investigations: “Each can be answered with a citation, a
date, or a yes or no.”
My letter says why: “I cannot write to a standard that has not been
published or given to me.”
How we got here. I filed a complaint with Georgia
POST by email on February 24, 2026. On September 10, 2026, I asked
Georgia POST to tell me the standards it will apply to that complaint.
On September 29, 2026, Paul Jay Pontrelli, Assistant Attorney General,
Georgia Department of Law, answered by letter. His letter says a
Probable Cause Subcommittee of Georgia POST is scheduled to meet on
October 27, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. “to vote on whether to request a full
investigation.” It also says: “The Committee does not take public
comments or questions.” On the rules, it says: “Your complaint will
proceed under POST’s governing statutes, rules, and procedures, subject
to the confirmations above.” The letter does not say which statutes,
which rules or which procedures.
The same letter confirmed that my complaint is accepted as filed and
that every chance to be heard on it “is available to you entirely in
writing.” I thanked Georgia POST for both. A right to be heard in
writing is hard to use when the test has not been named. So I asked
again. My letter says: “In those 225 days no one from the Council has
asked me a single question about what I filed.” That count runs from
February 24, 2026 to October 7, 2026.
Georgia
POST Records Request: Who Paid for the Training?
On October 7, 2026, at 6:10 AM Eastern, I sent a Georgia Open Records
Act request to Jill Dalon, Records Custodian, Georgia Peace Officer
Standards and Training Council (Georgia POST), asking for records that
identify federally funded training provided to, used by, or funded for
Georgia POST from fiscal year 2015 through September 9, 2026.
For each instance the request asks for the source award, the federal
awarding agency, the federal award number, and any agreement, invoice or
cost record that ties the federal money to the training. If a record
does not exist, a written statement saying so answers that part. A
written response or timetable is due Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
What came back, as of October 7, 2026. An
acknowledgement signed by Jill Dalon arrived at 6:10 AM the same
morning: “We have received your open records request and will provide a
response within the required timeframe.”
How we got here. This is the same request I sent to
the Georgia Public Safety Training Center on October 6, 2026. The
Georgia Public Safety Training Center told me to send it to Jill Dalon,
so I did.
Georgia
Public Safety Training Center Sent My Records Request to Georgia
POST
On October 7, 2026, at 6:14 AM Eastern, I wrote back to Brandy
Faulkner, Executive Assistant, Executive Office, and Open Records
Custodian, Georgia Public Safety Training Center, that my October 6,
2026 records request to the Georgia Public Safety Training Center
stands. I copied the Georgia Public Safety Training Center’s open
records mailbox.
My reply says the request asks for the Georgia Public Safety Training
Center’s own records, not records held by Georgia POST. It says: “Your
reply did not say whether the Training Center holds any such records.”
If the Georgia Public Safety Training Center holds none, a written
statement saying so answers the request. If it holds some, I asked for
the records or a timetable by Friday, October 9, 2026.
How we got here. I sent the request to the Georgia
Public Safety Training Center’s open records mailbox on October 6, 2026
at 6:31 AM Eastern. At 12:36 PM that day Brandy Faulkner replied: “You
need to send your request to the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and
Training (POST).”
Six hours and five minutes after I asked, I had a forwarding address.
That was fast, and I thanked her for it. A forwarding address does not
say what the Georgia Public Safety Training Center itself holds. The
answer is due October 9, 2026.
Criminal
Justice Coordinating Council: 40 Hours and $1,134.40 for Records
On October 7, 2026, at 6:16 AM Eastern, I emailed the Open Records
office of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to withdraw my
records request dated September 9, 2026 and to decline its $1,134.40
estimate.
The email says: “I do not accept the estimate in your September 15,
2026 email (40 hours, $1,134.40), and I do not authorize any charges on
that request.” It asks the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to
close that request without charge and to confirm that in writing. It
sets no deadline. It says my narrower request of October 6, 2026 takes
its place and stays open.
How we got here. The first request, dated September
9, 2026, went to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council on September
10, 2026 at 8:35 AM Eastern. It asked: “If this will run over twenty
five dollars, please send me an itemized estimate by item number before
any charge is incurred”. On September 15, 2026, at 5:04 PM Eastern, the
Open Records office of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
replied: “the estimated time to complete this request is 40 hours, at a
cost of $1,134.40, based on an hourly rate of $28.36.” The reply gave
one total. It did not break the estimate out by item.
So I asked a smaller question. On October 6, 2026, at 6:31 AM
Eastern, I sent the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council a new request
for the award and funding source records on three Peace Officer
Resiliency Program subgrants that list Georgia POST as the subgrantee. A
written response or timetable on that request is due Friday, October 9,
2026.
Russell
D. Willard, State Bar of Georgia: Sixteen Questions, Answers Due October
20
On October 7, 2026, at 3:32 PM Eastern, I emailed a letter with its
32 exhibits, as one PDF, to Russell D.
Willard, General Counsel, State Bar of Georgia, and to Stacey
Peace, State ADA Coordinator, State ADA Coordinator’s Office. I
copied 24 more addresses, among them State Bar of Georgia officials Damon E.
Elmore, Executive Director; William
D. NeSmith III, Deputy General Counsel; John J.
Shiptenko, ADA Coordinator; Sandra
Dixon, Director of Human Resources; and Jeffrey W.
DeLoach, Chair, State Disciplinary Board. The email says a paper
copy is also being sent by U.S. Mail.
The letter puts sixteen questions to Russell D. Willard. I asked for
written answers by Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern, and for
written confirmation of receipt the same day. To Stacey Peace the email
says: “this letter is addressed to you as well, because your office
needs to be aware of where this stands.”
My email says: “I have put your name on 43 emails since April 20.
Eight were addressed to you.” It also says: “I hold nothing signed by
you.”
How we got here. On April 20, 2026, I asked the
State Bar of Georgia in writing for a disability accommodation. On
September 14 and September 22, 2026, I wrote to Russell D. Willard with
answer dates of September 24 and September 25. His
page records no written answer as of September 28, 2026. Stacey
Peace’s office is the one that did answer: on May 13, 2026 it replied in
writing on the full institutional copy list.
Jeffrey
W. DeLoach, State Disciplinary Board: Second Request After Four Signed
Letters
On October 7, 2026, at 3:33 PM Eastern, I emailed my second letter,
as one PDF with its exhibits, to Jeffrey W. DeLoach, Chair, State
Disciplinary Board, State Bar of Georgia. I copied 21 addresses,
including Russell D. Willard and Damon E. Elmore.
My email says: “On June 30, 2026 you signed four letters dismissing
my grievances about four lawyers in the Office of the General Counsel. I
wrote to you on September 15 and asked 14 questions by September 24. You
answered none.”
My letter asks three things: who wrote the four letters, who placed
the signature on them, and which rule he acted under.
I asked for a written answer by Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 5:00
PM Eastern.
How we got here. Four letters over Jeffrey W.
DeLoach’s signature went out by email on June 30, 2026, between 4:23 PM
and 4:35 PM Eastern. His
page records that each states “no basis” and that none states an
evidentiary standard. On September 15, 2026, at 3:37 PM Eastern, I wrote
to him asking which standard he applied. As of September 28, 2026, his
page records no answer.
John
J. Shiptenko, ADA Coordinator: Confirm Receipt in Writing by October
9
On October 7, 2026, at 3:35 PM Eastern, I emailed John J. Shiptenko,
ADA Coordinator, State Bar of Georgia, my October 7, 2026 letter to
Russell D. Willard, as one PDF. I copied the State Bar of Georgia’s ADA
Coordinator mailbox.
My email opens with his own words from September 22, 2026: “I am the
State Bar’s ADA Coordinator, and you may continue to send your
accommodation requests to me.” It continues: “Here is one.”
The request, made as a reasonable modification under 28 C.F.R. §
35.130(b)(7): “confirm in writing, by Friday, October 9, 2026, 5:00 PM
Eastern, that the State Bar of Georgia received this letter and its
exhibits, and tell me who will answer it.” The email gives the reason
for sending it to him separately: “so no one can say you did not have
it.”
How we got here. On June 18, 2026, at 8:05 AM
Eastern, John J. Shiptenko answered a grievance of mine with one word,
“Received.” On September 22, 2026, at 8:07 AM Eastern, he wrote that he
is the State Bar of Georgia’s ADA Coordinator. His page
sets those writings beside the State Bar of Georgia’s earlier statements
on the ADA. The answer date is October 9, 2026.
I
Filed Two ADA Complaints With the Judicial Council of Georgia
On October 7, 2026, at 3:35 PM Eastern, I emailed two ADA complaints,
32 seconds apart, to Human Resources, Judicial Council of Georgia /
Administrative Office of the Courts, under that office’s ADA Grievance
Procedure. Both are about the State Bar of Georgia. Each went in its own
email so each has its own receipt.
I asked for written confirmation of receipt the same day. I also
asked that, if the procedure does not reach the State Bar of Georgia,
the office tell me so in writing and tell me which office of the
judicial branch does.
How we got here. My earlier ADA requests in this
record went to the State Bar of Georgia itself and to the State ADA
Coordinator’s Office. This is a third office.
What Happens Next
Three emails asked for confirmation of receipt the same day. None had
come back by the end of October 7, 2026. The first answer dates are
October 9, 2026, and the vote is scheduled for October 27, 2026.
If you ever file a complaint with a state board, ask what the test is
before the vote. I have asked twice.
From my letter: “Preparing written material is the activity my
disability limits.” My letter ends: “I would much rather have the
answer.”
Questions and Answers
What is Georgia POST voting on October 27, 2026? A
Probable Cause Subcommittee of the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and
Training Council (Georgia POST) is scheduled to vote on October 27, 2026
on whether to request a full investigation of a complaint I filed on
February 24, 2026. Paul Jay Pontrelli, Assistant Attorney General,
Georgia Department of Law, said so in a letter dated September 29, 2026.
On October 7, 2026, I asked Georgia POST to name the standard for that
vote by October 16, 2026 and to postpone the vote.
Who is the records custodian for Georgia POST? Jill
Dalon. Brandy Faulkner, Open Records Custodian, Georgia Public Safety
Training Center, wrote on October 6, 2026 that the records custodian for
Georgia POST “is Jill Dalon”. I sent Jill Dalon a Georgia Open Records
Act request on October 7, 2026, and an acknowledgement came back the
same morning. A written response or timetable is due October 13,
2026.
How much did the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council quote
for my records request? On September 15, 2026, the Open Records
office of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council estimated 40 hours
and $1,134.40, at an hourly rate of $28.36. On October 7, 2026, I
withdrew that request and declined the charge. A narrower request of
October 6, 2026 stays open, with a written response or timetable due
October 9, 2026.
Related
- Proof
of what Georgia POST’s own records show, February 24 to September 10,
2026 - Meghan
Fail, ADA Coordinator, Georgia POST - Chris
Harvey, Executive Director, Georgia POST
Corrections
Every date, name, title and quotation on this page comes from an
email or letter I sent or received. If any of them is wrong, write to
info@adamatters.com with the correct fact and its source. I will correct
the page and note the change here, with the date.