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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    CPR request denied because it wasn’t submitted on letterhead

    My request request for mugshot demographics data was denied by the California Department of Corrections. I sent specific data parameters for this information along with my name address and telephone number and received a telephone call from someone in the state archives denying my request. I was told the request was denied because it was not submitted […]

    February 12, 2017

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Should I need authorization to access arrest records?

    I submitted a request arrest and incident reports from a police department for a case involving my client but I got a call from someone in the Records Department who said that I needed to submit signed authorization from my client. Is that the case in your practice?

    November 22, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    Police Records

    How Can I Access Florida Police Body-Camera Videos?

    […] camera videos from a Florida law enforcement agency that have not been provided in response to a freedom of information act. Nor were they included in discovery for a criminal case. I believe there is damning evidence on the video of police misconduct, obstruction of justice, malicious prosecution et cetera. What are my options […]

    June 7, 2021

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    What rules apply to searching DMV database?

    […] calls to the address of : 26613 Rapid Falls Ct I need a time frame from and to you would like us to run in our system for calls of service. Also: Please be advised there are Fees for your Request: 1) Calls for Service Address Run costs $50.00 an hr - ( 1 […]

    December 7, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Trying to gain access to police records on musician’s unresolved cause of death

    I have been trying to get information regarding the death of a musician-songwriter for a few years now. He died in 2003 from stab wounds and his case was declared inconclusive by the police, and has remained open since. The police has never been able to determine if it was a suicide or a […]

    April 13, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Personnel Privacy and Public Access to Incident Reports

    […] its own Sheriffs Department, the incident was not reported to the District Attorney and the driver of the bus is being protected by the County Transportation Agency as of today. How can I get a report of bus drivers for the Agency for the day, time period, and route area in which I was hit?

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    Press Release

    FAC Prompts Disclosure of California Governor Jerry Brown’s Social Media ‘Block Lists’

    […] Brown showing that he blocked more than 1,500 individual accounts on his Twitter and Facebook accounts--a practice that excluded those people from participating in a vital forum for political discussion and debate surrounding the state’s highest elected official. In releasing the documents to FAC, the Governor’s office said Brown does not "currently block or […]

    September 27, 2017

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Accessing police reports

    I have been refused a copy of a police report. It is a complaint filed against myself. I have the complaint number. I filed a request with the police along with a check for the correct amount. I received a response back saying I wasn't allowed to have a copy with NO explanation why.

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    FAC, Media Coalition Oppose Last-Ditch Effort to Gut Landmark Police Transparency Law

    […] 1." Joining FAC in the effort are the Los Angeles Times, KQED, and the California News Publishers Association. See the briefing filed by FAC here.  See here for the petition filed by the police union. FAC and the media coalition are represented in this matter by James Chadwick and Tenaya Rodewald of the Sheppard […]

    December 28, 2018