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The Attorney General's Directives requiring the names of officers who receive major discipline have been UPHELD. This is a blow to the police unions--they aren't as powerful as they think they are and they don't get to call the shots! 1/4
https://bit.ly/2IFHTzD
https://bit.ly/2IFHTzD
But, here's a key line from the opinion: "We note the information the Attorney General has ordered released in Directives 2020-5 and 2020-6 is quite limited, and far less than what some of our neighboring states have done in response to similar concerns." 2/4
The AG did the very bare minimum he could have done to give us transparency and it was done mostly b/c there was a pending Supreme Court case that forced his hand.
We need the Legislature to pass #S2656 and make police internal affairs records public! 3/4
We need the Legislature to pass #S2656 and make police internal affairs records public! 3/4
VERY few cops get major discipline, so these directives gives us very, very little. And if agencies don't comply with the directive, there's nothing we can do to enforce it!
We need #S2656, so we can review IA files and learn why MOST complaints are not sustained. 4/4
We need #S2656, so we can review IA files and learn why MOST complaints are not sustained. 4/4
