"Hansel Aguilar, Berkeley's director of police accountability, is suing the city's police chief, Jen Louis, over her department's refusal to release records from a June sweep of a longstanding homeless encampment. It is the latest escalation in an increasingly testy relationship between the Berkeley Police Department and the city's civilian oversight apparatus, with the lawsuit filed just a week after the City Council met to discuss Aguilar's job performance."
"In June, shortly after Berkeley city workers cleared several people and some property from the area of Eighth and Harrison streets, someone complained to Aguilar's office that several officers had improperly meddled with people recording the sweep. (A federal judge put a temporary halt on the sweep the same day.) Aguilar asked BPD for records in July, and BPD turned over some, including some body cam recordings;"
Hansel Aguilar, Berkeley's director of police accountability, filed a lawsuit after the police department refused to release records related to a June sweep of a longstanding homeless encampment. Someone complained that officers improperly interfered with people filming the sweep, and a federal judge temporarily halted the sweep the same day. Aguilar requested records in July; the department provided some materials, including body cam footage, and Aguilar issued a subpoena in August. The lawsuit was filed Dec. 8 in Alameda County Superior Court. Aguilar and the Police Accountability Board have frequently relied on subpoenas after many recommendations were ignored by the city council.
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