Days before new law, court blocks Inglewood from destroying police disciplinary records
29 December 2021
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29 December 2021
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has temporarily blocked the Inglewood Police Department from destroying records just ahead of a new transparency law that is set to go into effect Jan. 1 in California. The ruling comes three years after the city was thrown into controversy over its handling of law enforcement documents. In late 2018, the city of Inglewood destroyed hundreds of police records in the weeks before Senate Bill 1421 went into effect. The law expanded public access to police use-of-force, misconduct and disciplinary records for departments across the state. Critics argued Inglewood sought to destroy years ...
Days before new law, court blocks Inglewood from destroying police disciplinary records
An L.A. County Superior Court judge has temporarily blocked Inglewood from destroying police records.
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