Civil Litigation,
Government,
Criminal
Oct. 16, 2018
Corrections Department, LAPD resist increased transparency despite bill aimed at increasing public access to records
In September, Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 1421, a law that will allow public access to police records and redefines the scope of disclosable records under the California Records Act.
Law enforcement representatives in California are a long way from embracing increased transparency, in spite of forthcoming criminal justice changes set in motion by the Legislature and the governor.
The state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Los Angeles Police Department have stonewalled recent attorney inquiries into internal investigations in a manner that the attorneys say seems contrary to the state governme...
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