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    CPRA Newsgathering Police Records

    Accessing reports on police officer involved shooting

    Here is detailed information on the applicable law related to the police records you are trying to get. Again, the bottom line is that it should be hard for the agency to refuse to disclose statistical information that is not linked to a particular individual and, especially after this hot-off-the-presses case, you may also […]

    April 16, 2013

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    CPRA

    Political Reform Act case records

    Under the California Public Records Act, certain law enforcement information can be properly withheld. Specifically, under California Government Code section 6254(f), records of complaints and investigations of law enforcement agencies may be withheld from the public. However, certain information is subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act unless disclosure would endanger the safety […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Police Reports, Public Record

    I called our local police department.  I would like to get copies of police reports made by a neighbor regarding vandalism to his home.  The reports should go back in time as far as 1989.  The police department records assistant stated that police reports are not public record.  However, various people in this city […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Obtaining Copies of Police Reports Relating to a Minor

    The Sheriff’s Office refused to provide me with a copy of their Police Report about a shooting. I stated that my son (9-yr old) resides at an address near the shooting and he is in mortal danger. I need this report for the Family Court.

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Law Enforcement Records, Interrogation Reports, and Public Access

    […] at his high school. He was not on campus at the time of the attack, and 4 adults, 2 parents, and 2 other students immediately notified the police department that he was at their home working on a project when the attack occurred on the campus.  One of the parents is involved in law […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Criminal Records and the CPRA

    […] involved with any law enforcement issues (ie: is there any criminal history? Has law enforcement ever been called out to the home/place of services? How many times? For what?; etc.).  Upon asking for a call out log history from local police, I have been told, "...this is not public information." Any direction would be appreciated!

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Accessing police documents

    I would like to know if the following document is covered under the California Public Records Act.  The chief of police for the my local police department maintains a form, which list in a chart format, on a monthly basis, the number of citations issued, arrests made, etc. for the department.  This form is […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Are There National Security Exemptions Under CPRA?

    […] Services and any state or local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local police agency." Cal. Gov. Code § 6254(f). To the extent a state or local police agency possesses records relevant to "national security" broadly defined, then that might fall under the security procedures exemption. We […]

    September 15, 2021

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    How FAC Fights for Police Transparency

    […] to what extent they approve of law enforcement based on the full story, not just the official story. Yet for decades, California was a black hole of police transparency. Apart from a few circumstances, such as the names of officers who shot people, California law shielded the bulk of law enforcement records from public […]

    August 9, 2023