With the Legislature just weeks away from reconvening, criminal-justice reform advocates have been making the case for full repeal of a state law that prohibits the public disclosure of police officers’ personnel records.
The advocates claim state Civil Rights Law Section 50-a, enacted in 1976 to prevent attorneys from unjustly citing officers’ disciplinary history during trial, shields cops accused and even convicted of misconduct from public scrutiny, thereby eroding public confidence in law enforcement.
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