In a letter dated July 8, 2011, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway ordered a retired Kentucky State Police trooper to return 30 boxes of color slides taken in the days after the fire, including pictures of the club's basement during the aftermath, which the trooper had taken personal possession of following his retirement from the State Police. Conway's decision was that these documents were public records, and must be handled and made available to the public in accordance with Kentucky's Open Records Act.