Update: On January 2, the California Supreme Court rejected the San Bernardino police officers union request for a ruling on the effective date of SB 1421 and stay. By denying, SB 1421 goes into effect this morning and no further…
Category: Public Records
Two Key Law Enforcement Transparency Bills Become Law in 2019
In a rebuke to the state’s powerful law enforcement unions, California’s governor signed into law on September 30 two bills that will substantially increase law enforcement transparency. The first, Assembly Bill 748, authored by SF rep Phil Ting, will…
CTSP Berkeley Collaboration with Oakland’s Privacy Advisory Commission
UC Berkeley’s Center for Technology, Society & Policy made this video about their collaboration project with Oakland’s Privacy Advisory Commission where they modeled a research project in tracking the footprint of police-collected data using the CRIMs database.
Historic Police Transparency Bills Sent To CA Governor
CA Governor Jerry Brown will soon be in possession of two law enforcement transparency bills that faced huge odds getting to his desk, AB 748 and SB 1421
Aaron Swartz Day Tutorial: How To Cut And Paste Your Way To A Surveillance Policy Framework
The Aaron Swartz Day Police Surveillance Project aims to empower professional journalists and “citizen journalists,” so they can quickly and easily file a large set of public records requests to the Police and Sheriff Departments of a given city. The…
CA Supreme Court Rules Bulk License Plate Scans Not Exempt From Public Records Act
In a huge public interest victory, the CA Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement bulk license plate scans (APRS) are not exempt from the California Public Records Act and constitute public records, overturning a Superior court decision. The case…
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