SB 1421 took effect on Jan. 1, 2019, and mandates that records of officer-involved shootings or other instances where an officer causes a death or great bodily injury to someone in the course of doing their jobs should be released upon request from the public.
It also mandates that agencies have to release any records of any instance in which an officer was found to have engaged in sexual assault with any member of the public (or within their own agency), and any records in which an officer was found to have committed perjury or made false statements in the course of an investigation, filed false reports or destroyed, concealed or falsified evidence.
What’s releasable? Investigative reports, photographic, audio and video evidence; transcripts or recordings of interviews; autopsy reports; all material presented to a district attorney or to any person charged with deciding to file criminal charges against an officer; documents setting forth findings and recommendations in disciplinary action against an officer; disciplinary records related to any incident, including letters of intent to impose discipline; documents covering any modifications to discipline following a grievance process known as a Skelly hearing; and letters covering final discipline.
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