After a group of bills meant to make police officers’ disciplinary records more readily available to the public was discussed by two City Council committees Feb. 7, Police Benevolent Association President Patrick J. Lynch denounced them as posing threats to both his members’ safety and their reputations.
This was understandable. He has legitimate reasons for concern about officers being involved in controversial cases potentially becoming targets of people who want to harass them or worse, particularly if material surfaces from past disciplinary cases.
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