The New York Times and New York Focus gathered thousands of files from around half of New York State’s nearly 500 law enforcement agencies. By Sammy Sussman Sammy Sussman pored over more than 10,000 ...

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New York's repeal of Section 50-a of its Civil Rights Law aimed to increase police transparency by making misconduct records public. A separate law, a retention schedule called LGS-1, allows police ...

The Department of Homeland Security collected data on Chicago residents accused of gang ties to test if police files could feed an FBI watchlist. Months passed before anyone noticed it wasn’t deleted.

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Court Rules Inglewood Police Department Systematically Violated California Public Records Act The Inglewood Police Department systematically and unlawfully violated the California Public Records Act ...

Many New York police departments are obstructing access to police misconduct records despite a law change five years ago aimed at making these records accessible to the public. Tactics used to block ...

In 1998, the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) began requiring officers to fill out reports any time they had to use force, a big step toward tracking when and why police resorted to strong-arming ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Police departments can no longer automatically deny the public or media records related to a criminal case without providing good reason, as has been the norm for about 50 ...

A South End resident sued the city and Boston Police Department over their alleged lack of compliance with the state’s public records law, saying that his requests for information around the Mass and ...

Surprise said it would violate Arizona law to give a resident license plate recognition records. Other cities have fulfilled ...

Today, for the first time, you can look up serious use of force and police misconduct incidents in California. KQED, along with journalism and police accountability advocates, is publishing a database ...