'For the governor to undermine that is a significant setback.' Advocates say California police officers will be held less accountable if a new proposal is included in the state budget later this week.
Shirelle Cobbs remembers how devastated she was when she found out that Antioch police officers brutalized her son more than two years ago.
As the case continues, Cobbs has witnessed firsthand how tight-lipped police departments can be when disclosing crucial information related to misconduct or further abuse."They need to take accountability for what they've done," she said."Because if they keep sweeping this under the rug, then a lot of officers are going to think it's okay.
Now, lawmakers are considering a"trailer bill" in this year's state budget proposal to dismantle this provision of SB 2, essentially ending the commission's obligation to disclose police misconduct records that they accumulate during investigations into departments around the state, including San Francisco's.
Working with the First Amendment Coalition, Cox and her colleagues proposed a counter to the trailer bill"that would preserve the transparency that SB 2 intentionally injected into a process that is overseen entirely by law enforcement." When her team met with Newsom's office to discuss their idea of"affirmative disclosure," they were told that it was unfair to expect POST to produce all these records when it should be the responsibility of local agencies.
Burris has tried some of the most prominent police misconduct lawsuits in the Bay Area in his four decades of practice, including the $400,000 suit The City settled with the mother of Mario Woods in 2019. Five San Francisco police officers shot and killed Woods in 2015. "It has long-term, negative ramifications, perhaps allowing officers who have committed bad acts to go under the radar and get other jobs and therefore create more harm to others," he said.
Cobbs said the process is not only frustrating, but that it's disheartening to think that the officers responsible for her son's injuries might not face accountability.
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