The NYPD will no longer use a state civil-rights law to deny public access to arrest reports, body-worn-camera footage and other police records.
The loosening of access to those records, announced by NYPD officials last week, comes two months after the release of a report by a three-person panel of law experts that, in part, concluded that Civil Rights Law 50-A and its application by the department “keeps the public in the dark about police discipline, breeds mistrust, and reduces accountability.”
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