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Committee approves redaction standard for undercover officers after heated transparency debate
Summary
AB 1178 directs courts to consider undercover status and duties when evaluating requests to redact peace‑officer personal information from records. Supporters said it protects officer safety; press and transparency groups warned it would undermine SB 1421 gains. Committee passed the bill to Appropriations.
The Senate Public Safety Committee voted to send Assembly Bill 1178 to the Senate Appropriations Committee after debate over public access to misconduct records and the safety of undercover peace officers.
AB 1178, carried in the Assembly by Assemblymember Pacheco and presented in committee by Matt Seiberling of the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs, would instruct courts to consider the undercover status and duties of a peace…
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