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  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    Fifth Judge Sides with FAC, Orders Release of Records in Bryan Carmody Raid

    […] granting FAC’s motion to unseal a warrant application for a search executed on Carmody’s phone records. In the same order, the judge quashed the warrant.The San Francisco Police Department on Aug. 30 released the records. With San Francisco Superior Court Judge Joseph Quinn’s ruling, all five warrants — authorizing searches of Carmody’s home, office […]

    September 3, 2019

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Wins Important Ruling for Police Transparency in California

    The First Amendment Coalition won an important legal victory in its year-long effort to enforce California’s landmark police transparency law, with an appeals court saying the public has a right to see police misconduct records the state attorney general has on local officers across the state.  The Wednesday ruling means the state’s top law […]

    January 30, 2020

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    Blog

    California AG Xavier Becerra and the Thick Blue Wall of Police Secrecy

    […] a statementreleased by his press office. "Administrator Pruitt and the Trump Administration are not above the law." But when his own state’s legislature passed a bill requiring police misconduct records to be released to the public under the California Public Records Act (CPRA)—in essence, California’s version of FOIA—Becerra refused to comply. In response to […]

    March 6, 2019

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Sheriff’s office denies access to 2004 arrest documents saying too much time has elapsed

    The availability of police records is governed by Govt. Code section 6254(f). That section defines both the records that law enforcement agencies may withhold from the public and what information it must extract from its records and provide to the public. Among the records exempt from disclosure are "records of . . . investigations conducted […]

    October 4, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA FOIA Police Records

    Obtaining concluded investigative reports

    […] is a routine report prepared whether or not there will be further investigation, is not properly part of the investigatory file and should be disclosed under section 6254(f) of the Public Records Act.Under section 6254(f), certain information in that report must be disclosed, including a description of the factual circumstances surrounding the incident and whether […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA First Amendment Newsgathering Police Records

    Investigative files and the CPRA

    […] was later found dead, and the perpetrator recently pleaded guilty and was sentenced for the crime in a California court. The case is closed. Now, the investigating police agency is refusing to answer my calls or put me in touch with key investigators who are now retired. My question: What investigative records are open […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Fire Department employee names

    […] the exemption for personnel records in Government Code section 6254(c), and the privilege for peace officer personnel records in Penal Code section 832.7 does not allow a police department to withhold the names of police officers involved in a shooting incident.New York Times Co. v. Superior Court, 52 Cal. App. 4th 97 (1997).Under the […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Criminal case files and the Public Records Act

    […] defend a friend and himself from some attackers and in the process was charged with assault. He went to an arraignment hearing yesterday and was shown the police report, witness statements and other documents. He was rushed through the process without the public defender or city attorney seeing a clear picture of what really […]

    July 19, 2012