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Boulder oversight panel told state sealing law prevents civilian review of sealed police records
Summary
City attorney Chris Reynolds told the Boulder Police Oversight Panel that Colorado's sealed-records law generally bars the panel from reviewing sealed municipal court records; petitioning a court to unseal for limited-purpose review is possible but requires action by the defendant or legislative change.
Chris Reynolds, identified in the meeting as the city attorney, told the Boulder Police Oversight Panel that Colorado's statute expanding automatic sealing of criminal records prevents the civilian review panel from accessing sealed municipal records.
"Sealed records are just not going to be something that the police oversight panel is able to review," Reynolds said, noting the statute carved out limited exceptions that permit law enforcement access but not civilian oversight.
Reynolds said a person whose record is sealed can petition the court that ordered the sealing to ask that the record be…
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