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    CPRA Police Records

    Access to records in workers’ comp issue

    […] Public Records Act broadly exempts police investigatory reports from disclosure, and it may be that the records you seek fall within this exemption.  Under Government Code § 6254(f), "Records of . . . investigations conducted by . . . any state or local police agency, or any investigatory . . . files compiled by any […]

    April 5, 2016

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    CPRA Newsgathering Police Records

    Requests for crime reports denied by police department

    […] crime reports from our local police department. I've requested crime reports twice and both times I'm told that they are being withheld because of Government Code section 6254(f). To be clear, one time I requested all crime reports that had been filed over a month period. The second time, I requested the reports for three […]

    July 10, 2017

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    Trying to access the transcript of a 911 call

    […] an allergic reaction between some medication I am on and alcohol while traveling on Amtrak. The conductor called 911 and instead of a paramedic showing up a police officer arrested me and put me jail. I did not cause any disturbance on the train. I did eventually spend four days in the hospital over this. […]

    June 16, 2015

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    Transcript: Protest & Pushback

    Return to the Protest & Pushback main page → [Sound of protest scenes and montage] The murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer spurred a movement that touched nearly all aspects of American life. Fueled by rights afforded by the First Amendment, the country experienced an historic uprising not seen since the […]

    December 6, 2021

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    Police Failed to Tell Judge of Bryan Carmody’s Status as Journalist Before Obtaining Warrant, Unsealed Records Show

    Police failed to tell the judge who issued a search warrant for Bryan Carmody’s phone that Carmody is a journalist, records unsealed today show—a key omission that helps explain how the San Francisco Police Department was able to obtain warrants for Carmody’s phone, home and office in clear violation of California and federal […]

    July 23, 2019

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    CPRA Newsgathering Police Records

    Does the CPRA allow access to mugshots?

    […] on­going and the disclosure of the mug shot you have requested would endanger the successful completion of the investigation and any possible future criminal prosecution. (Gov. Code 6254(f), 86 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen. 132.) Public Interest: Based upon the facts of this particular case, the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs […]

    December 23, 2012

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    CPRA Police Records

    Accessing Police Reports on Investigations

    How do I access information from the county Police Department regarding a shoddy investigation of financial elder abuse?

    June 14, 2009

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    Withholding of Juveniles’ Names in Police Records

    There's a bit of a gang war here in Salinas, and many of those involved are juveniles. I understand police can withhold names of juveniles involved in crime. But there have been recent cases of juveniles being murdered in gang violence. Even though the juvenile is deceased, the police are still not forthcoming with […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Police refuse request for incident report from peaceful protest

    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 complaints to , or investigations […]

    September 9, 2011