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    CPRA Police Records

    Obtaining Copies of Video

    […] copy of it through a PRA request.  Please note, the law enforcement agency may attempt to withhold the video pursuant to the law enforcement exemption under section 6254(f), which exempts "records of investigations" as well as "investigatory files" held by law enforcement agencies.  However, where, as here, the record was created for routine purposes, and […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Destruction of Memos by the Police Department

    Our chief of police surveyed the officers of his department then summarized their responses in a memo to the city manager. Then the survey responses were destroyed. The responses were much less than two years old, and were submitted by the officers anonymously, so no survey response can be traced to an individual officer. […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    City Employee Information and Privacy

    […] director in our city says the city has a policy requiring written consent from any past employee before releasing information about the individual's employment there, including dates of employment. My questions: 1. Is this a permissible policy under state public records law and 2. Can I request a former policeman’s personnel file from the city?

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Accessing Field Interrogation Cards

    […] to support their claim. I am aware of what can be released, however I am not sure regarding Field Interrogation Cards. (FI Cards). My thought is that 6254(f) would bar an FI card info release because it may be considered as intelligence info.  I have looked over 6254 gov code and have searched the internet […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA Newsgathering

    Accessing document constituting an agenda and agency audits

    […] such documents, etc??? 2) This relates to California Records Act. I recently submitted a request for the school district's inspector general's audits of the Los Angeles School Police Department. That request was denied by LAUSD's General Counsel on basis of California Government Code Section 6255 (a) and (b) and 6254(k). Is this denial legitimate? […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Access to transcripts of 911 calls

    […] requires police agencies to provide the public with "the substance" of "all requests for assistance," including all of the "factual circumstances surrounding the incident." Government Code section 6254(f)(2). Often, the best way for a department to comply with this statutory obligation is to release the 911 tape, and you might want to point this […]

    June 14, 2009