Tag: Press Freedom Project
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Filter: First Public Database of CA Police Officer Misconduct Records Unveiled
Professor Susan E. Seager, who worked on the database and also leads the Press Freedom Project, highlighted its importance for tracking officer discipline and legal cases.
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Newsbreak: California launches first-ever database with 1.5 million police misconduct records
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San Francisco Chronicle: Thousands of once-secret California police files made public in searchable database*
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The Los Angeles Times: Searchable database on cases of police use of force and misconduct in California opens to the public
UC Irvine Law’s Press Freedom Project is credited in The Los Angeles Times for contributing to the launch of the California Police Records Access Project.
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CalMatters: California police misconduct records now available in public database
UC Irvine Law’s Press Freedom Project is credited in CalMatters as a contributor to a new statewide database of police misconduct and use-of-force records.
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The Journalist’s Resource: Reporters in UC Berkeley journalism program expose system California police used to hide officer misconduct
The Press Freedom Project at UC Irvine Law was featured in The Journalist’s Resource for its role in assisting reporters with legal challenges, helping them obtain public records that uncovered how clean-record agreements concealed police misconduct across California.
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The Daily Journal: California’s dirty secret: Clean-record deals kept badcops on the job*
Prof. Susan Seager and the Press Freedom Project were highlighted in an opinion piece in The Daily Journal about clean-record agreements.
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Los Angeles Times: City of Los Angeles Agrees to Drop Lawsuit Against UC Irvine School of Law Press Freedom Project Client Ben Camacho
Adjunct Prof. Susan Seager, head of the Press Freedom Project, comments in The Los Angeles Times on the significance of this victory for press freedom. The city sued Ben for publishing thousands of officers’ pictures that the city had itself provided in response to a public records request.
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The Guardian: University of Georgia pulls out of ‘Cop City’ lawsuit requesting public records
UCI Law Adjunct Prof. Susan Seager criticized the university’s decision to halt its First Amendment Clinic’s public records work, emphasizing the importance of university resources in informing the public about the actions of a powerful police organization.
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Los Angeles Times: Detention of independent journalist and activists at UCLA draws outcry over press freedom
UCI Law Adjunct Prof. Susan Seager called Beckner-Carmitchel’s detention illegal — including under a recent California law expanding journalists’ rights at protests — and demanded his release.
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Los Angeles Press: Lawsuit reveals details of LASD deputy shooting off colleague’s tattoo
Prof. Susan E. Seager commented in Los Angeles Press on a lawsuit filed by Press Freedom Project client Knock LA to obtain internal investigatory files from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
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The Los Angeles Times: Journalist seeks dismissal of lawsuit over photos of LAPD officers
Adjunct Prof. Susan Seager, head of UCI Law’s Press Freedom Project, comments in the Los Angeles Times on lawsuit over LAPD photo publication via reporter Ben Camacho
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Los Angeles Daily News: Journalist asks court to dismiss lawsuit over released LAPD public records
Head of the Press Freedom Project Susan Seager comments in the Los Angeles Daily News on journalist lawsuit over LAPD photos