CHARLOTTE, NC -  Score one for the public.  A judge ordered the release of a former Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer's personnel files Monday.  They had been withheld by the City while Marcus Jackson sits in a jail on criminal charges.

Jackson is accused of sex offenses while on duty.  His attorney's tried to block the records from being released.  But, according to new open records law, the people of Mecklenburg County have the right to know.  "The court will conclude that all of those items are public records and subject to disclosure," said Superior Court Judge Robert Ervin.

Jackson's records show much of what's already been reported in the media.   But, in the dismissal memo to Jackson from Chief Rodney Monroe dated December 30, 2009, it gives you a better idea of exactly what Jackson is accused of doing.  He was fired for "Unbecoming Conduct."  According to the dismissal memo Jackson is accused of assaulting a 17-year old girl during a traffic stop on December 18, 2009.  The memo reads he "solicited her for oral sex in return for not writing her a citation for No Operators License."  Then on December 28, 2009, the memo reads, "Officer MR Jackson made a traffic stop on a Hispanic male and female then had them move their vehicle to the back of a church.  Once behind the church, Officer Jackson had the female exit the vehicle, walk down a path, and he began to grope her, claiming he was conducting a search.  The Hispanic male was later made to perform a search of the female while Officer Jackson watched."

Jackson's defense attorney's led by public defender Susan Wiegand argued that the release of this information would jeopardize Jackson's constitutional rights to a fair and impartial trial.  Media attorney John Buchan was not surprised by the Judge's ruling, saying outside the Mecklenburg County Courthouse, this is just what the legislature had in mind when it wrote the new, more open, public records law.  "It's not just oversight of individual employees in making that information public for that purpose, it's also because it's oversight of the public employers how do they manage their employees how do they deal with suspensions how do they deal with dismissals, and get those reasons out there in the public."

Also in Jackson's file, it shows 2 prior suspensions, one in September "09" the other later in November.  It does not list what they're for, but, it's been reported that one was for speeding, the other domestic related to his ex-wife.

Jackson still sits in jail awaiting trial.  CMPD released other personnel files last Friday.  The reveal more than 400 officer firings and suspensions over the past 5 years.