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A&A: Does the CPRA allow access to mug shots?

FAC December 23, 2012

Q: Reporters in our news organization deal with several police departments who routinely deny requests for suspect mug shots. Most recently, a mug shot of a driver in a fatal hit and run case was requested. As they always do, the police department denied our request for the mug shot and offered this standard reasoning for the exemption: A: ”Based on your request for ‘the mug shot of the suspect arrested this morning for the

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FOIA: Federal appeals court denies acess to mugshots

donal brown March 15, 2011

In a departure from a ruling of another circuit, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that a mug shot was exempt from the Freedom of Information Act. The court said to release the mug shots would violate the person’s privacy rights. Writing for The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Christine Beckett says, “The issue of access to mug shots made news last month when requests were made to see the mug

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