FAC

A&A: Police won’t provide me access to my interrogation reports

Q:  My landlord has called Police Department many times to harass me. I’ve called and written to the PD for copies of the field interrogations but they refuse to release them to me because I’m the person complained about.  I would like to know what is contained in the complaints.  And is there a legal way to obtain these field reports or “investigations”? A: The California Public Records Act, Govt. Code section 6250 et seq., generally

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A&A: Trying to access the transcript of a 911 call

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A&A: School District dictatorial about student use of social media, txting

Q: Our six children have been enrolled in our community public schools since 1992. Three of our children have already graduated, one is graduating this year and on will be graduating in 2019. With the advent of mobile communications, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc the administrations at the middle and high schools have become increasingly dictatorial about student uses of social media after school hours and off school property. The high school principal met with students at

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A&A: Is it Fair Use to post musical film clips for a history class?

Q: I am an educator who set up a 501(c(3) to teach American history through the music of Gershwin, Berlin, Cole Porter, etc. by narrating film clips of their movies. Mrs. Gene Kelly inquired how I have the right to use these film clips without permission. I have prepared a letter in response and was looking for intellectual property expertise to review it. A:   As a general matter, one of the rights accorded to the owner

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A&A: Can they deny my request for a video of a meeting that was streamed live?

Q: I have been denied my request for a copy of a videotape of a Town Hall Meeting that was streamed live over the Internet.  They claim they can not release the video for personnel reasons I was also denied access to the County Sheriff Department’s “Pink Slips,” which are held in the reception office of the department. These documents are made available to the local paper – but not to me? This does not seem

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