Civil Litigation,
Government
Feb. 11, 2019
As judges issue rulings on the police records law, new legislation may be on its way
Courts around the state are suddenly taking up the same question: Does a new law demanding the release of police discipline records apply retroactively?
State Sen. Nancy Skinner says the law she authored making police records available was retroactive, but several judges and police union attorneys say it's not specified.
Courts around the state are suddenly taking up the same question: Does a new law demanding the release of police discipline records apply retroactively? So far, no consensus has emerged around the question of whether SB 1421 applies to police records produced prior to the law going into effect Jan. 1.
On Friday afternoon, Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Charles S...
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