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Public Interest

Sep. 9, 2006

Ruling Rightly Protects Privacy of Officers' Records

FORUM COLUMN - The Supreme Court's recent decision in Copley Press Inc. v. Superior Court of San Diego County, 2006 DJDAR 11839 (Aug. 31, 2006), has occasioned superheated rhetoric that is off the mark.


Forum Column

By Richard A. Shinee

     
      The Supreme Court's recent decision in Copley Press Inc. v. Superior Court of San Diego County, 2006 DJDAR 11839 (Aug. 31, 2006), has occasioned superheated rhetoric that is off the mark. The Los Angeles Times announced, "Police Officer Records Deemed Secret." Tom Newton, general counsel for the California Newspaper Publishers Association, d...

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