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Committee advances AB 1178 to protect undercover officers’ identifying information in records disputes; press groups urge caution
Summary
AB 1178, a bill directing courts to consider undercover status when deciding whether to redact peace-officer identifying information from public records, advanced from the Senate Public Safety Committee to Appropriations on June 10.
The Senate Public Safety Committee advanced Assembly Bill 1178 on June 10; the bill asks courts to consider undercover status and duties when deciding whether identifying information of peace officers can be redacted from records disclosed under law.
Assemblymember Pacheco, the bill author, said AB 1178 corrects a drafting error in the public-records scheme and clarifies that courts should evaluate requests to redact an undercover officer’s personal identifying information to protect ongoing investigations and officer…
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