Police accountability: Six months after new California law, agencies stall releasing records

“They’re trying to thwart the law,” said state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, the author of SB 1421. She said she’s open to amending the bill to require quicker release of records. “We need to have (legislative) hearings to … shame these agencies for refusing to comply with the law.” It’s “absolutely the … wrong example to set for the rest of the local government agencies.”

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