California’s Ventura County Sheriff’s Office will be forced to fully comply with a state law seeking to create more public access to law enforcement misconduct records following an appeals court ruling.
The Ventura County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association (VCDSA) sued the county and sheriff after legislators amended the state law to allow for public disclosure of records of officer-involved shootings, use of force, sustained findings of sexual assault and serious dishonesty. The group argued that it was improper to retroactively apply the amendments to records created prior to the updated statute’s Jan. 1, 2019, effective date.
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