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CA AB2611
Bill
AI Summary
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Prohibits public agencies from disclosing visual or audio recordings of a peace officer's death in the line of duty unless authorized by the officer's immediate family.
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Requires public agencies to disclose such recordings when the peace officer's immediate family authorizes the disclosure.
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Adds Section 6254.36 to the Government Code to create this conditional exemption from California's Public Records Act.
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Includes legislative findings that the exemption protects law enforcement officers and their families from emotional trauma and shields the public from graphic imagery, while balancing public access rights.
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Specifies no state reimbursement is required for local agencies or school districts to implement this provision.
Legislative Description
The California Public Records Act: visual or audio recording of peace officer's death: conditional exemption from disclosure.
Last Action
From committee without further action.
11/30/2016