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    CPRA Police Records

    Criminal case files and the Public Records Act

    […] to defense his case. http://www.centralcallegal.org/ccls/index.php The Public Records Act, which governs the public's access to records in California, generally exempts investigatory records from disclosure. Gov't Code § 6254(f). However, basic information about an incident must be disclosed, such as "the time, substance, and location of all complaints or requests for assistance received by the agency […]

    July 19, 2012

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    CPRA Police Records

    Police deny request for 911 tape

    […] crime and the department's response thereto." Haynie v. Superior Court, 26 Cal. 4th 1061, 1064 (2001). The Supreme Court held that the exemption in Government Code section 6254(f) for "records of investigations," like the exemption in the same section for "records of complaints" to law enforcement, allows law enforcement to withhold the records completely. Law […]

    December 30, 2011

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    CPRA Police Records

    Denied police records because they were not in “searchable format”

    As you are aware, 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 . […]

    August 17, 2012

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    CPRA

    Can I use information revealed in closed session, or is it privileged?

    […] gender, race, ethnicity, etc. After over two months, they said the charges were no longer pending, but refused to let me have a copy or summary of the investigative report as required by AP 3435 (which they had not adopted). I would argue that pursuing those faux complaints against me constituted illegal retaliation under CA […]

    September 1, 2016

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    CPRA Police Records

    Are police informant contracts subject to the PRA?

    […] provision of the Act or other law exempts them from disclosure. The exemption that seems most immediately relevant is the police investigatory records exemption, Gov’t Code § 6254(f), which exempts "any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local police agency."  However, the record at issue must actually be part of the […]

    April 27, 2016