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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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    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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    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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    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

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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 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 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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    Criminal Investigation Files and the Department of Toxic Substances Control

    […] local police agency, or any investigatory ... files complied by any other state or local agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes ...."  Gov't Code sec. 6254(f).  This would probably include a criminal investigation by a state agency like the DTSC. Unfortunately, the fact the investigation is concluded does not mean the department has to […]

    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