Pitchess Privileges and the CPRA: Police Officer Personnel and Investigative Records Privileges and their Intersection with the California Public Records Act - Softcover

Sain Esq., Tony M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0578338645 ISBN 13: 9780578338644

Publisher: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, 2021

Synopsis

Lawyers and other professionals who are experienced in the customary rules and procedures for civil case discovery often needlessly struggle to obtain or protect police officer personnel file record information and law enforcement records. There are unique, complicated privileges afforded to law enforcement and officer personnel file information retained by a public entity: procedural protections that baffle even the most experienced legal practitioners. The complexities of Pitchess privilege law are further multiplied by their unique intersection and occasional clash with the precepts of the California Public Records Act (CPRA) — particularly when it comes to law enforcement investigation records.

This book helps professionals comprehend the increasingly complicated legal landscape of the Pitchess privilege and of CPRA law through an in-depth, practical analysis and detailed explanation of the fundamental principles and issues that necessarily arise when persons are seeking law enforcement records or officer personnel information through California or federal civil discovery, or by California public records requests. The new edition of this Pitchess and CPRA reference manual features a practical, how-to guide approach designed to help professionals navigate the intricate problem of how and when law enforcement records and officer personnel information can be obtained or may be withheld.

Author Tony M. Sain (pictured below) is a partner at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith: one of the leading and largest law firms in the nation. As a graduate of Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs (formerly known as the Woodrow Wilson School) and of the elite trial advocacy and appellate advocacy programs of Loyola Law School of Los Angeles, Mr. Sain is considered to be one of California’s leading experts on Pitchess privilege law and its intersection with the CPRA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
• Publication date: 2021
• ISBN 10: 0578338645
• ISBN 13: 9780578338644
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 304