Submit a Nomination for a FAC Award by January 24!

Search Results

Clear Results
Category
Topic
Select Year

Showing 121 - 130 of 139 results

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    CPRA Request Denied Citing “Investigatory Files” Exemption

    […] the allegations are false and she has been completely cleared. The PRA Attorney for Dept of Social services has denied my request because of Gov Code Section 6254(F) and (C), he keeps citing "investigatory or security file." I have stated that the allegations have been deemed unfounded and this information per my CPRA request should […]

    November 19, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    How Can I Access Records From The California Department of Corrections Regarding High-Profile Offenders?

    […] You should know, however, that the CPRA contains a broad exemption for police investigatory records, which do not have to be disclosed. Specifically, Cal. Gov. Code § 6254(f) exempts "records of complaints to, or investigations conducted by, or records of intelligence information or security procedures of…any state or local police agency, or any investigatory or […]

    September 21, 2021

  • Asked and Answered

    Police Records

    Can A Request for A Code Enforcement Complaint Be Denied?

    […] local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes."  Gov. Code, § 6254(f). Though I can’t advise you as to your particular situation, I would observe that, as a general matter, dissemination of truthful information that was lawfully obtained is […]

    January 26, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Is law enforcement body camera footage a public record?

    […] presumptively, body camera footage would be subject to disclosure unless some other exemption applies. In California, however, police investigatory records are exempt from disclosure under Government Code §  6254(f).  Thus, to the extent that the requested footage has become part of a police investigation, then it likely would be exempt from disclosure under the Public Records […]

    January 19, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Trying to gain access to police records on musician’s unresolved cause of death

    […] copy upon request. As you can imagine, however, there are numerous categories of records excluded from the Public Records Act. Among these exemptions is Government Code section 6254(f), which exempts all records in police investigative files, except that certain information regarding calls for assistance and arrest must be disclosed if contemporaneously requested. So, unfortunately, there […]

    April 13, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Are police dashboard-cam videos exempt from the CPRA?

    […] indeed part of a police investigation – either relating to the juvenile or the officer – then the police department can claim an exemption under Government Code 6254(f). And, even more unfortunately, once a record becomes part of an investigatory file, it is exempt from disclosure forever under the Public Records Act, even after the […]

    March 18, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Sheriff refuses access to complaint

    […] are exempt from disclosure. Among these are "records of complaints to, or investigations conducted by . . . any state or local police agency." Govt Code section 6254(f). Moreover, as you noted, the records may further be exempt as part of the personnel records of the governmental employees about whom the complaint pertains. Govt. Code […]

    January 10, 2012

  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    FAC sues San Diego PD for records on controversial cell phone surveillance technology

    […] withhold. The SDPD answered hypothetically that "assuming such documents exist," they would be exempt from disclosure as records containing "security or intelligence information," citing Gov Code section 6254(f). SDPD also cited other CPRA sections that imply that the records are subject to a confidentiality agreement. "The SDPD can’t plausibly claim that everything about its use […]

    December 17, 2014

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Police refuse to release names of individuals who bought stolen laptop

    Unfortunately, the Public Records Act does provide the police with the discretion to withhold witness names under Government Code§ 6254(f).  Under the Act, police investigatory records are generally exempt from disclosure, except that certain information is required by to be disclosed by law enforcement agencies regarding a particular incident, e.g., the name and addresses of persons […]

    December 12, 2014