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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

The California Department of Health Services, Ongoing Investigations, and Public Records

[…] before they got sick. These are part of the investigation, but they are also personal medical records. I'm worried they will try to keep all of the investigative records private. Even the lab tests looking at the DNA of the E. coli - these were government tests done in the public interest with taxpayer […]

June 14, 2009
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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 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
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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

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

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 Police Records

Trouble obtaining arrest records and mugshots

[…] currently being held, and all charges the individual is being held upon, including any outstanding warrants from other jurisdictions and parole or probation holds Gov't Code § 6254(f). As to mugshots, unfortunately, there is no California case that discusses whether the Public Records Act requires release of booking photographs, or whether such records are exempt. […]

October 28, 2011
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CPRA

What rules apply to searching DMV database?

[…] information you are requesting seems to required to be disclosed under the Act.Although the Act exempts certain law enforcement records, such as investigative records, Gov't Code section 6254(f), information such as the time, substance, and location of all complaints or requests for assistance received by the agency and the time and nature of the response […]

December 7, 2010
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CPRA Police Records

Access to records in workers’ comp issue

[…] Public Records Act broadly exempts police investigatory reports from disclosure, and it may be that the records you seek fall within this exemption. Under Government Code § 6254(f), "Records of . . . investigations conducted by . . . any state or local police agency, or any investigatory . . . files compiled by any […]

April 5, 2016