Police disciplinary records previously protected under Section 50a of the state Civil Rights Law are now subject to Freedom of Information requests after legislation was passed in June 2020. Some agencies in the state have not fulfilled requests for access to those records and may not return a result in search. We continue to update this database as those records are released.
The whole idea behind last year’s repeal of Section 50a of the state Civil Service Law was to make police disciplinary records available to the public so that…
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
A state Supreme Court justice ruled Monday afternoon police disciplinary files from before June 12, 2020, are not subject to open records requests and do not have to be shared with the public.
Justice Ann Marie Taddeo issued a permanent injunction on behalf of the Brighton Police Patrolman Association, ruling that the state's repeal of Section 50a of the New York State Civil Service Law was not retroactive. That will shield police disciplinary records from before the repeal from public view.
The Brighton union sought an injunction in December to stop the release of disciplinary records. Before 50a was repealed, the records of police, corrections officers, firefighters, parole and probation officers could be viewed only by court order.
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