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CPRA Police Records

Denied request for identities of homicide victims four years after the crime

It would seem likes names would fall into the narrow category of information that is required to be disclosed about police investigations under Government Code § 6254(f). As you may be aware, the Public Records Act contains a general exemption for police investigatory records; however, certain information is required to be disclosed related to police incidents, […]

November 16, 2014
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CPRA

Police Deny Request for Previously Public Statement Claiming Exemptions

Unfortunately, under California’s Public Records Act, police investigatory records are exempt from disclosure under Government Code § 6254(f), which exempts "records of complaints to, or investigations conducted by, or records of intelligence information or security procedures…or security files compiled by any other state or local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by […]

May 15, 2019
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CPRA

Can public access city’s internal investigation report?

[…] conditions are met:the record is one that will not be retained by the agency, and public interest clearly favors secrecy. The second likely exemption, found in section 6254(f), exempts from disclosure: "records of complaints to, or investigations conducted by. . ,. the office of the Attorney General and the Department of Justice, and any state […]

October 27, 2011
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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
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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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CPRA FOIA Police Records

Online arrest records no longer show violations

[…] being held, and all charges the individual is being held upon, including any outstanding warrants from other jurisdictions and parole or probation holds." Cal. Gov't Code section 6254(f)(1). Under this section, it would appear that if you provide the name of an individual, and that individual has been arrested, the agency would be required […]

November 17, 2009
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CPRA FOIA Police Records

Obtaining concluded investigative reports

[…] is a routine report prepared whether or not there will be further investigation, is not properly part of the investigatory file and should be disclosed under section 6254(f) of the Public Records Act.Under section 6254(f), certain information in that report must be disclosed, including a description of the factual circumstances surrounding the incident and whether […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Multiple CPRA Requests For A Decades Old Homicide Have Been Denied Without Explanation

[…] Act allows an agency to refuse to disclose the identity of a person who has furnished information in confidence to a law enforcement officer. Gov. Code § 6254(f). The same provision exempts from disclosure law enforcement records of complaints, investigations, records of intelligence information or security procedures, and investigatory or security files.Id.Documents that are exempt […]

April 28, 2022
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CPRA First Amendment Newsgathering Police Records

Investigative files and the CPRA

[…] closed. Now, the investigating police agency is refusing to answer my calls or put me in touch with key investigators who are now retired. My question: What investigative records are open records and how do I go about forcing their retrieval? I have a long wish-list, but a few items are listed below: 1. […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Newsgathering School Records

School denies access to all info about coach fired amid rumors players’ were abused.

[…] found this exemption does not apply in certain situations involving school district employees. For example, in BRV, Inc. v. Superior Court, 143 Cal.App.4th 742(2006), the court found an investigative report into a school superintendent's alleged misconduct must be disclosed, observing: "embers of the public were greatly concerned about the behavior of the city's high school […]

March 9, 2014