Bangor Daily News has filed a lawsuit against the Maine State Police to force it to unredact discipline records detailing officer misconduct.

The publication reports that last spring, written disciplinary decisions against state troopers, which are public under Maine law, were requested.

Seven months later, the publication received 53 pages of records, but details regarding officer misconduct were obscured and, in some cases, completely removed.

State police staff attorney Christopher Parr acknowledged that the agency did redact details of misconduct, but claims certain information contained in the documents may be designated confidential by law.