California News Outlets Team Up To Delve Into Police Misconduct Records
More than 30 organizations are reviewing thousands of newly released documents about bad cop behavior
More than 30 organizations are reviewing thousands of newly released documents about bad cop behavior
Want to know what federal agencies are telling the White House about marijuana legalization? Too bad. It's secret.
A law that forced open decades of secret information about law enforcement behavior is slowly being implemented.
After police killed an unarmed man in a backyard in Sacramento, outrage led to greater transparency about officer conduct.
Xavier Becerra conceals bad behavior by cops in his state, and even threatens journalists attempting to expose them.
The NYPD's largest union was dealt a defeat in its attempt to make body cam footage confidential, but it says it might appeal.
"They're the most powerful player in the criminal justice system. It's really important to know how they use that discretion behind closed doors."
"My son with autism was forced out of the home with military-style rifles aimed at him and made to sit on the cold, wet ground for over an hour."
An obscure provision designed to protect personnel records makes it nearly impossible to hold the state's cops accountable.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
A newly passed police transparency bill is under attack across the state. The latest tactic: insisting it's not retroactive.
A new year brings new transparency, and new lawsuits to try to limit it.
A Reason investigation of a notorious Texas public records loophole found 81 cases where police hid records of shootings and deaths in custody.
It's up to state lawmakers to defy the will of the unions to change the rules.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
Alex Villanueva openly wants to get rid of constitutional policing advisors and to conceal names of bad deputies from prosecutors.
It's harder now for law enforcement officials to conceal what happened in deadly encounters with citizens.
The vague wording of Marsy's Laws allows law enforcement to classify themselves as "victims" after shooting suspects.
If the Navy wants people to trust that it's taking steps to be better, less transparency isn't going to help.
Gov. Jerry Brown signs bills dramatically increasing transparency about law enforcement behavior.
State law keeps misconduct secret from the public. That may be about to change.
Thanks to a design bug in a government transparency website, dozens of social security numbers were mistakenly made public.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
Thanks to California's union-backed secrecy laws, prosecutors and defenders alike don't know about police misconduct.
Publishing readouts of the president's calls with foreign leaders has been a common practice for Republican and Democratic administrations-until now.
Thanks to a new state law, agencies now have to report how extensively civil asset forfeiture is used to take people's stuff.
What happened when Reason sent a 22-year-old non-lawyer to fight for transparency.
Obama's shamefully weak stab at transparency has been abandoned.
Hated by activists, he should have known that he needed to be squeaky clean in his personal and professional life.
Historians will have to wait another three years, and maybe longer, before they can get their hands on the rest of the government's assassination documents.
Unlike everyone else, Scott Pruitt apparently can't get enough email.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The Minnesota Representative took CFPB Director Mike Mulvaney to task for 'frosted' glass office.
Kansas police spend millions in asset forfeiture revenue under vague, lax laws. Now they'll have to open their books.
Law enforcement is already resisting.
Lawmakers have tried to counter the powerful law enforcement lobby and failed.
In a case brought by two Muslim men seeking surveillance records on themselves, the court approves the NYPD's "neither confirm nor deny" response.
A new plan would release footage in cases of officer-involved shootings and use of force.
Judge allows until summer for an unprecedented disclosure of warrant info from one of our most secretive courts.
"This may seem like a great, obvious idea, but no one else has done this."
City officials' excuses are getting more and more ridiculous.
Why should we have to rely on Dem and GOP spin? Americans have every right to know what happened.
"Without this information, we're all left in the dark."
Partisan posturing drowns out important civil liberties concerns.
The surveillance agency's mission statement is updated to reflect reality: It doesn't answer to you.
What trade would that be, exactly?
They voted to expand federal snooping. Now they're outraged about how it's used.
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