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    CPRA Police Records

    Police Denied My Request For An Incident Report

    […] want to write back and press them to justify their withholding.  That said, it is likely the police here are withholding the report pursuant to 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 […]

    January 4, 2020

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    CPRA

    My PRA request denied, but Buzzfeed published documents on similar case

    […]  County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court, 82 Cal. App. 4th 819, 830 (2000). The PRA also exempts investigatory records as set forth in Gov't Code § 6254(f) which includes, in relevant part: Records of complaints to, or investigations conducted by, or records of intelligence information or security procedures of, the office of the Attorney […]

    September 2, 2016

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    CPRA Police Records

    Police Blotter Information

    […] City Attorney denied my request to have the Department print a more detailed report. In summary, the City Attorney responded: "As to your concerns regarding Government Code 6254(f)(2) which you believe requires certain information in a "police blotter", we must disagree with your reading of the law. Although the information listed in Government Code […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Access of relatives to murder investigation files

    […] disclosure.  Based on the information you have provided, it is likely that some of the documents you seek would be exempt from disclosure under Government Code section 6254(f), which allows law enforcement agencies to refuse to release records of investigations. Authorized representatives of victims are entitled to certain additional information that is not otherwise available […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Denied request for identities of homicide victims four years after the crime

    It would seem likes names would fall into the narrow category of information that is required to be disclosed about police investigations under Government Code § 6254(f). As you may be aware, the Public Records Act contains a general exemption for police investigatory records; however, certain information is required to be disclosed related to police incidents, […]

    November 16, 2014

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    CPRA Police Records

    Accessing Police Reports on Investigations

    […] 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 (such as a city police department) to withhold, among other things, records of complaints and […]

    June 14, 2009

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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

    […] an ongoing investigation.  If so, it may be that the agency is taking the position that they can properly assert the exemption found under Government Code section 6254(f), which exempts investigative files in the possession of certain agencies.  The public agencies entitled to assert such exemption, however, are those with a general law enforcement mission […]

    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