[3] Records related to: Only the following may be redacted: Disclosure may be delayed when: Only sustained findings are required to be released.
[4] This loophole was used by Paso Robles Police Department to avoid releasing investigation records relating to a rape accusation about former Sgt.
[6] In April, Karl Olson, a San Francisco attorney, said there are as many as 20 lawsuits related to requests seeking access to records.
[8] County officials claimed the purge was routine despite the fact that many of the records were years past their required retention dates.
SB 16, which was approved by Governor Gavin Newsom in September 2021,[19] makes more police disciplinary records available such as records about:[20] In June 2020, during the George Floyd protests, Senator Nancy Skinner introduced Senate Bill 776 to expand upon SB 1421.