This is Nazi Gestapo, KGB, Secret Police conduct  by any other name, and charging outrageous sums for public records that should be free to review is their way to thwart oversight and watchdogs from pinning them with accountability.  

YOU could be on a list and not even know it, and stonewalled when initiating discovery.  Our new United States of Nazism, the future of our country where every citizen is a criminal at any Officers whim.

...I will say this once:  "Always question Authority !"

Our Crooked and Corrupt in Blue - its called PROFILING.
Citizens are pre-labeled: Gang affiliates, Domestic terrorists, Dissidents, Revolutionist & Protestors
We are all 'suspects', guilty until proven innocent, since everyone without a badge is a lesser species.

This is why all Law Enforcement nationwide needs desperate reform; abuse of power by thugs with badges who care nothing for their oath to PROTECT the constitution, who actively create crime and bloated statistics to justify their abuses.