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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Newsgathering

    Accessing 911 Calls and Police Reports

    […] on the lives of Transgender women. Many of them have been assaulted or even killed for being who they are. I want to show a few instances of that through 911 calls,  police reports, and associated photos. The police department won't even respond to my requests. Do I have a right to obtain this information?

    June 14, 2009

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    Explainers

    […] thereafter retained by the probation officer, judge, referee, or other hearing officer." Welf. & Inst. Code § 827(e). However, courts have held that section 827 applies to police reports about the arrest or detention of juveniles regardless of whether charges were filed in juvenile court. T.N.G. v. Superior Court, 4 Cal. 3d 767, 780-81 […]

    July 3, 2024

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    Behind the Headlines: How EdSource Put Sunshine on Policing in California Schools

    The nonprofit newsroom EdSource filed public records requests with hundreds of California police departments to obtain nearly 46,000 incident logs documenting calls to police from and about 852 schools. The resulting project, "Calling the Cops", led by reporters Thomas Peele and Daniel J. Willis, is an unprecedented look at policing in our schools. Peele, […]

    October 14, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Police Blotter Information

    […] City Attorney denied my request to have the Department print a more detailed report. In summary, the City Attorney responded: "As to your concerns regarding Government Code 6254(f)(2) which you believe requires certain information in a "police blotter", we must disagree with your reading of the law. Although the information listed in Government Code […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Newsgathering Police Records

    Can I access driver ID’s from traffic-stop police reports?

    I am working on a story about traffic stops and would like to request the city's police department for records related to about 10 incidents involving drivers with suspended licenses (I have the incident numbers). But before I make my request: Can the police department deny me accessing the name, address or other fields […]

    April 16, 2015

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    Homepage

    Press advocates condemn Oakland Police Department’s press policy

    June 11, 2024

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    Court Records CPRA First Amendment Police Records

    Sheriff’s office refuses to release crime report unless I am a victim

    I am trying to get a copy of a public police report from 1999. I phoned the County Sheriff's Records office, and spoke to a woman who would not give me her last name.  I gave her name of the suspect, the date of booking, the case number, the offense code, the charge category, and the […]

    November 16, 2015