Inglewood, California: Mayor of Southern California city defends shredding police records

Mayor of Southern California city defends shredding police records

A Southern California mayor is defending his city’s decision to destroy old police shooting and internal investigation records. The city of Inglewood made the decision to shred the records at a City Council meeting earlier this month, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times. The move came ahead of the implementation of a new state law that could allow the public to access those records for the first time. The law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, makes public internal investigations of officer-involved shootings, other major uses of force, and confirmed cases of sexual assault and lying while ...

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