State Sen. Aisha Wahab authored the bill that clears the way for law-enforcement agencies to proactively detail why they fired officers.
A police transparency bill helmed by a Bay Area lawmaker and inspired by a sexual misconduct case involving a former San Jose police officer is now law, increasing the ability of law enforcement in California to reveal when an officer is fired for cause., authored by State Sen.
“In partnership with law enforcement, this law bolsters efforts for transparency and accountability in law enforcement and reinforces trust with the public,” Wahab said in a statement.was arrested after allegations he was caught masturbating while working a domestic disturbance call. Dominguez was fired and put on a state decertification list that puts him on track to be permanently barred from being a police officer in California.
But the public revelation of the incident came after news media inquiries. Sexual misconduct is one of eight categories of police force and disciplinary records that can be released underEven so, there was no law compelling police departments to release them on their own, and by and large these agencies played it safe rather than incur the wrath of overlapping city personnel protections and potential claims of officer rights violations.
It should be noted that the impact of the law relies on a police agency’s willingness to disclose a termination and its reasons. But it does shore up a scenario where previously, one of the main ways for police to disclose high-profile and controversial firings — which almost entirely occur in non-public settings — is for that information to be leaked to news media so that they have enough specific detail to make a public-records request.
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