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    CPRA Police Records

    Law Enforcement Records, Interrogation Reports, and Public Access

    […] request for the tapes of his own interrogation, would seem to be a pretty clear cut case). With respect to the adult witnesses, under Government Code section 6254(f), the victim of the stabbing would definitely be entitled to that information notwithstanding the exemption for investigatory files (unless its disclosure would endanger the safety of any […]

    June 14, 2009

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    How Can I Request All Audio and Video of My Arrest?

    […] police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes." Cal. Gov. Code § 6254(f). The exemption for "investigatory records" applies "when the prospect of enforcement proceedings becomes concrete and definite."Williams v. Superior Court, 5 Cal. 4th 337, 356 (1993). It can […]

    August 8, 2020

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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 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 Police Records

    Accessing police records on frequent use or misuse of helicopters hovering above my neighborhood

    The availability of police records is governed by Govt. Code section 6254(f). As you can see, 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 . […]

    February 14, 2012

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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

    Obtaining Copies of Police Reports Relating to a Minor

    […] Under the CPRA, records in the possession of public entities are presumed to be public unless one of the Act's exceptions to disclosure applies.  Government Code section 6254(f) sets forth the so-called "law enforcement" exemption, which allows law enforcement agencies (such as a sheriff's office) to withhold, among other things, records of complaints and investigatory […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    DA Office Complaint Records

    […] the CPRA, records in the possession of public entities are presumed to be public unless one of the Act's enumerated exceptions to disclosure applies.  Government Code section 6254(f) sets forth the so-called "law enforcement" exemption, which allows law enforcement agencies to withhold, among other things, records of complaints and investigatory records.  This exemption does not, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Are There National Security Exemptions Under CPRA?

    […] Services and any state or local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local police agency." Cal. Gov. Code § 6254(f). To the extent a state or local police agency possesses records relevant to "national security" broadly defined, then that might fall under the security procedures exemption. We […]

    September 15, 2021