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Court dissolves order barring release of police misconduct records


Editor s note: This story has been updated to add comments from the Ventura County Deputy Sheriffs Association on the court opinion. 
An appellate court Wednesday overturned a Ventura County judge s ruling blocking the release of certain police misconduct records made public under a 2018 law. 
The three-justice panel in the 2nd District Court of Appeal s Division Six, located in downtown Ventura, reversed the trial court s judgment and dissolved a court order opening up the records to the public for the first time. 
Ventura County was the last jurisdiction in the state where police unions were challenging the scope of Senate Bill 1421 over privacy concerns and claims the law was not retroactive. The bill took effect Jan. 1, 2019.  ....

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Government Watchdogs Seek to Overturn Outlier Ruling on California Police Records Law


California law expanded the public’s access to police records in 2019, but one court ruling has exempted the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department.
(CN) Police records and privacy were on the minds of a three-judge appellate panel on Thursday as they listened to attorneys argue about the purpose of a California law that expanded the state’s public records law.
Over 400 police agencies in California found themselves under a new law in 2019 that made available non-confidential records on misconduct, use of excessive force and police shootings. Numerous police unions fought to limit the law in court. They argued the law should not be applied to police records created before the law went into effect. ....

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