Disclosure of police discipline records uneven: courts in Massachusetts, Ohio allow access; California says no

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Decisions in California, Ohio and Massachusetts reached contrasting conclusions on the scope of public access to police discipline records. A California court ruled that a local paper could not access records because of California discovery laws. The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed a prior ruling that all internal investigation records are not automatically exempt from disclosure laws. The high court in Massachusetts ruled that a reporter should be given access to records of police misconduct investigations.

Laws, regulations and rules, California, Massachusetts, Ohio, Police misconduct, Personnel records

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Federal law does not require release of drug testing data

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The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled in Public Citizen Health Research Group v. Food & Drug Administration that the agency's records on drug testing were exempt from disclosure under the proprietary exemption of the Freedom of Information Act.

United States, Drugs, Pharmaceutical industry, Testing, United States. Food and Drug Administration

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