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California Police Misconduct Records Now Available in Public Database
- A searchable database of police misconduct records in California has been made available to the public, comprising around 1.5 million pages from nearly 700 law enforcement agencies.
- The database was created through a collaboration of UC Berkeley, Stanford University, and various news outlets, including the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle.
- Currently, it contains records from approximately 12,000 cases and aims to enhance public knowledge of law enforcement handling of misconduct allegations.
- The initiative began in 2018, involving over 3,500 records requests in a project led by the California Reporting Project team.
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The Independent
The Independent (US)Thousands of files on rogue California cops made public via searchable database
The records open a window into nearly 12,000 cases involving allegations of sexual assault to brutality complaints and incidents involving deadly force
Searchable database on cases of police use of force and misconduct in California opens to the public
Search California public records about law enforcement use of force and misconduct from more than 700 agencies. Results are organized into cases attributed to the agency providing the records. Information about a case can change as agencies submit new or updated records.
Thousands of files on rogue California cops made public via searchable database – The Independent - Corruption By Cops
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Research Tools: A New Database on Police Use of Force and Misconduct in California Makes Public 1.5 Million Pages of Once-Secret Police Records
From UC Berkeley Journalism Public records about use of force and misconduct by California law enforcement officers — some 1.5 million pages obtained from nearly 500 law enforcement agencies — will now be searchable by the public for the first time thanks to a new database built by UC Berkeley and Stanford University and published today by the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, KQED and CalMatters. The database — the first of its kind …
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