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MANHATTAN (CN) The New York City Police Department “cannot bargain away” its disclosure obligations, the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday as it rejected a bid by police and firefighter unions to block the publishing of thousands of officer misconduct records.
Killing the appeal in an unsigned summary order, the three-judge panel blew through claims that greater transparency would risk officers’ safety.
“Many other states make similar misconduct records at least partially available to the public without any evidence of a resulting increase of danger to police officers,” the federal appeals court wrote.
Pursuant to section 50a of the New York Civil Rights Law, police departments around the state have historically required a court order for the public to access any personnel performance records of police officers, firefighters and correction officers.
Appeals court OKs release of NYC police discipline records
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