"The Inglewood Police Department "systematically" violated state public records laws by disregarding requests for documents related to police misconduct, including fatal shootings, and must now post the information on its website, a judge has ruled."
"In an order issued Thursday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Gary Tanaka granted the ACLU's motion for summary judgment, writing that the Inglewood Police Department demonstrated "a pattern and practice of failing to comply with their statutory obligations" under state public records laws."
""This premise that there was an intent to beat the clock is ridiculous," Inglewood Mayor James Butts said at the time."
"The ACLU celebrated its victory. "This ruling is a rebuke of Inglewood's sustained, years-long attempt to deny the public rightful access to these records and shroud in secrecy egregious police misconduct and uses of force," Tiffany Bailey, senior staff attorney and the deputy project director of criminal justice and police practices at the ACLU Foundation of So"
A judge found the Inglewood Police Department systematically ignored state public records requests for misconduct records, including fatal shootings, officer dishonesty, and sexual assaults. The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California sued in 2021 after the department produced no documents in response to 2019 requests made under Senate Bill 1421. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Gary Tanaka granted summary judgment, finding a pattern and practice of failing to comply with statutory obligations. In December 2018 the city council approved shredding more than 100 shooting and internal-investigation records shortly before SB 1421 took effect. The ACLU called the ruling a rebuke of efforts to withhold records.
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