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    CPRA

    Accessing police reports

    […] address of the victim ..., the FACTUAL CIRCUMSTANCES surrounding the crime or incident, and a GENERAL DESCRIPTION of any injuries, property, or weapons involved." Gov't Code sec. 6254(f)(2). As you can see from the capitalized words, the police department has to provide you most of the information in the complaint. For that reason, may […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Records of Traffic Citations

    […] law allowing it to withhold the records you seek.  (Gov't code § 6255).  It is not immediately apparent whether any exemption would apply here.  Government Code section 6254(f) sets forth the so-called "law enforcement" exemption, which allows police agencies to withhold investigatory records.  It is not entirely clear whether traffic citations are part of investigatory […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Denied access to supervision records of high-risk parolee

    […] 695, 707 (2010). The Court of Appeal went on to find that the materials were exempt from disclosure as law enforcement investigatory records under Gov't Code Section 6254(f). Id. at 708-10. With respect to your request, there may well be a basis to push back on the denial of access of many of the records […]

    November 30, 2011

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    CPRA

    Labor Commission Records

    […] are presumptively available for public inspection and copying unless one of the Act's exemptions applies.  In this case, that exemption that likely applies is found in section 6254(f), which exempts "records of investigations" as well as "investigatory files" held by law enforcement agencies and by any state or local agency that compiles such records for […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Obtaining Procedures Manual

    Government Code section 6254(f) of the Public Records Act contains an exemption for, among other things, the "security procedures" of any law enforcement agency, which would include the California Highway Patrol. It is not clear if the manual you want would be covered by this exemption.  In one case, the California Court of Appeal – […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Sheriff Denied My Request For Data From Automated License Plate Readers

    […] by express exemptions codified in the Act. Cal. Gov. Code § 6253. The CPRA contains a broad exemption for police investigatory records. 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 […]

    January 20, 2021

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    CPRA Police Records

    Sheriff’s office denies access to 2004 arrest documents saying too much time has elapsed

    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 . . . investigations conducted […]

    October 4, 2011

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    CPRA Police Records

    Are CPRA exemptions discretionary?

    […] such production would not be required. Given this, there may not be anything about the blanket policy denying access to police reports (which are explicitly exempted under 6254(f)) that is contrary to the Public Records Act. The fact that the City of Redondo Beach has chosen to adopt a more liberal access policy is great, […]

    August 21, 2012