Police in Long Beach, California are renegotiating their contracts, and one provision would require the city to tell officers when someone requests their public records.
Police in Long Beach, California are in the midst of contract negotiations with the city. The latest version of the contract includes a provision that would require officers to be notified when a member of the public requests their conduct record.
The new contract goes before the Long Beach City Council on Tuesday, September 17. The contract proposes pay raises for officers to help counteract an increase in the payments police make into the pension fund. However, it also includes a provision some say will undermine Senate Bill 1421, a police transparency law that went into effect January 1., passed in September 2018, makes files about police shootings, use of force, sexual misconduct and dishonesty available, by request, to the public.
"Concealing crucial public safety matters such as officer violations of civilians' rights, or inquiries into deadly use of force incidents, undercuts the public's faith in the legitimacy of law enforcement, makes it harder for tens of thousands of hardworking peace officers to do their jobs, and endangers public safety," SB 1421 says.
However, First Amendment activists are worried that revealing the identity of the requesting person to officers could deter requests. "It can now be very intimidating, now that the officer is going to know you are the one requesting it," Glen A. Smith, a legal fellow with the First Amendment Coalition told theSmith also suggested that by allowing the officer to see their records five days before the public release could allow them to request further redactions to the public version of the record, or even ask the court to block the release.
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