A judge ruled Thursday that the Orange County Sheriff’s Department must publicly disclose records from shootings, use of force and some misconduct by its deputies regardless of when the incidents occurred.
Law enforcement unions in Los Angeles, Orange and other counties have gone to court in an effort to stop departments from releasing disciplinary and other records issued before a new disclosure law took effect this year. that the Orange County Sheriff’s Department must publicly disclose records from shootings, use of force and some misconduct by its deputies regardless of when the incidents occurred.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Nathan Scott denied a preliminary injunction request by the union that represents rank-and-file deputies, which sought to block the department from disclosing records from incidents that took place before Jan. 1, when a new statewide transparency law went into effect.The decision is the latest victory for media outlets and open government organizations that have opposed similar legal requests by law enforcement unions around the state.
The Assn. for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs filed an appeal earlier this week but the Los Angeles Police Protective League announced it would not, saying in a statement that “we believe all police agencies should fully comply with the eligible requests for records. Our concern was strictly limited to protecting the privacy rights of officers for records created prior to the effective date of [Senate Bill] 1421.
Until the Legislature approved SB 1421 last year, California had the nation’s strictest laws on disclosing police personnel records. The state’s powerful law enforcement unions had
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