separate from the office processing the request. Therefore, my staff will require the statutory As of October 07, 2016, there has been no fourteen days extension of time in which to respond.” response—25 days since the original request and 15 days since the statutory fourteen extension requires. There are two ways to combat this lack of transparency in the law enforcement through legislation or the court system. If California wants to ensure privacy while promoting transparency, they should amend their to exempt only investigatory records FOIA’s that may taint prospective or ongoing investigations. Further, many people who seek redress in these situations are from low-income households who have the means to exhaust the don’t courts. For this reason, you have seen the in these scenarios through means public’s role increase of disseminating footage of the events taken on cellphones. For the time being, we are left with those who we pay to enforce the law to determine the interpretation of it as well. Unfortunately, in some cases, this results in the police being the judge, jury, and executioner of the system that is supposed to protect those it is victimizing. Victim Description Details
separate from the office processing the request. Therefore, my staff will require the statutory fourteen days extension of time in which to respond.” As of October 07, 2016, there has been no response—25 days since the original request and 15 days since the statutory fourteen extension requires. There are two ways to combat this lack of transparency in the law enforcement legislation or through the court system. If California wants to ensure privacy while promoting transparency, they should amend their FOIA’s to exempt only investigatory records that may taint prospective or ongoing investigations. Further, many people who seek redress in these situations are from low-income households who don’t have the means to exhaust the courts. For this reason, you have seen the public’s role increase in these scenarios through means of disseminating footage of the events taken on cellphones. For the time being, we are left with those who we pay to enforce the law to determine the interpretation of it as well. Unfortunately, in some cases, this results in the police being the judge, jury, and executioner of the system that is supposed to protect those it is victimizing. Victim Description Details
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