Editorial: Police: Stop resisting the new disclosure law on officer conduct
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Dec 31, 2018
3 minutes
A 40-year era of police secrecy in California comes to an end Tuesday, and law enforcement agencies and officers ought to be ready. A new law requires them to turn over, on public request, records of officers’ dishonesty, sexual misconduct and use of injurious or potentially deadly force. Keeping secrets takes time, money and effort; sharing information should be relatively straightforward. Police and sheriff’s departments and officer unions would be wise to embrace the
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