Thousands of California law enforcement officers have been convicted of a crime in the past decade, according to records released by a public agency that sets standards for officers in the Golden State.
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The documents provide a rare glimpse at the volume of officer misconduct at a time of heightened interest over police accountability. Becerra himself has rejected public records requests from his own agency, and he is now being sued by the First Amendment Coalition for failing to comply. Many other agencies in California have followed the attorney general’s lead.
So at the start of this year, Becerra’s office provided POST for the first time a list of what the agency says are convictions of current and former law enforcement officers and people who at one time had applied to become a cop. "To the extent the public wants that to be public record, I can understand that," said Rains, who is leading a legal fight to block the release of officer disciplinary records under SB 1421.
“There’s that potential. That’s what we’re trying to eliminate ... to make sure no one out there is a peace officer today who shouldn’t be,” Caporale said.
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