A federal judge has blocked California’s law banning federal and local law enforcement officers from wearing masks during operations, ruling that the statute likely violates the Constitution, but upheld the requirement that all law enforcement officers must display visible identification.
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 572, authored by Assemblymember Ash Kalra, to protect grieving families from coercive and deceptive police interrogations following deaths or serious injuries caused by law enforcement.
By Delilah Hammons WASHINGTON, DC – A The Washington Post story earlier this month, “Officials call for…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor PPIC this week released a key study of Police Use of…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – Forty-six states prior to California had a…
By Marshall Hammons San Francisco – Representatives from various City agencies, departments, and units within SFPD once…
I have to say I was disappointed in the council a few times last Tuesday. I thought…
In a one-sentence ruling the California Supreme Court denied the efforts by police unions to gut or…
A coalition of media groups led by the First Amendment Coalition (FAC) today filed briefing in the…
It was a banner year on police and criminal justice reform issues before the state legislature. The…
California will soon make police misconduct records available to the public and ensure police departments release of…
I wrote a pretty scathing op-ed that was published Friday in our premium newsletter, on the Democratic…
Bills to Open Up Police Officer Records, and Require Release of Body-Cam Footage Pass, Signaling New Era…
SB 1421 will restore Californians’ right to know whether and how departments investigate and hold accountable officers…
California Mother Whose Son was Killed by Police Applauds Committee Approval of Bill to Open Police Records…
Organizers estimated nearly two hundred people showed up at a rally on the steps of the State…
When the Vanguard planned its Fourth Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony around the theme of prosecutorial misconduct,…