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CPRA

911 transcripts

[…] link: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/ It is possible the agency that maintains the transcript or tape may try to claim that it is protected from disclosure by Government Code section 6254(f), which contains an exemption for records of complaints to, or investigations conducted by, a state or local police agency. However, the application of this exemption to your […]

June 14, 2009
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Court Records CPRA Police Records

Can I be denied access to files on decades-old, closed murder case?

[…] to disclose any records related to this old case. I am assuming that in responding to your request, the DA cited the investigatory records exemption, Gov’t Code § 6254(f), to the Public Records Act. (The California Public Records Act would govern requests to both the DA and local police, as opposed to the federal Freedom of Information […]

April 10, 2015
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CPRA Police Records

Can I Use the CPRA to access investigative files?

I am trying to get investigative records from California's Department of Consumer Affairs and the California Department of Justice for a complaint I am lodging against a former employer. How do I go about submitting such a request?

March 26, 2015
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CPRA Police Records

Who is allowed to access arrest records?

[…] or local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes."Gov't Code Section 6254(f). While some information must be disclosed under the PRA, it may not be everything your client is looking for: Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision, state […]

October 25, 2011
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CPRA Police Records

Should I need authorization to access arrest records?

[…] local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes." Gov't Code Section 6254(f). While some information must be disclosed under the PRA, it may not be everything your client is looking for. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision, state […]

November 22, 2011
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CPRA Police Records

Police Reports and the CPRA

[…] said that, in enacting the California Public Records Act (CPRA), "the state Legislature ... limited the CPRA's exemption for law enforcement investigatory files," in Government Code § 6254(f), "by requiring agencies to disclose specific information derived from the materials in investigatory files rather than the materials, themselves." Thus, the Court said, the "required disclosures of […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Police Call Logs and Public Records

[…] said that, in enacting the California Public Records Act (CPRA), "the state Legislature ... limited the CPRA's exemption for law enforcement investigatory files," in Government Code § 6254(f), "by requiring agencies to disclose specific information derived from the materials in investigatory files rather than the materials, themselves." Thus, the Court said, the "required disclosures of […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Police Call and Arrest Logs

[…] said that in enacting the California Public Records Act (CPRA), "the state Legislature ... limited the CPRA's exemption for law enforcement investigatory files," in Government Code § 6254(f), "by requiring agencies to disclose specific information derived from the materials in investigatory files rather than the materials, themselves." Thus, the Court said, the "required disclosures of […]

June 14, 2009
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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
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CPRA Police Records School Records

College Campus Police Blotter

[…] although the CPRA would apply to such records to the extent the police working on the campus are members of local police departments. However, Government Code section 6254(f) sets forth the so-called "law enforcement" exemption, which allows police agencies to withhold investigatory records. This exemption does not, on the other hand, allow the police to […]

June 14, 2009