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Supreme Court Declines Connecticut Troopers’ Appeal Over Personnel Disclosure Law

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by the Connecticut State Police Union in its challenge of a police accountability law that allows public disclosure of certain state trooper personnel files and internal investigation reports. At …

Nonprofit’s Lawsuit Seeks Access to Baltimore Police Records

A lawsuit recently filed by a Baltimore nonprofit alleges the city department that handles police records is improperly shielding police misconduct documents. The suit brought by the transparency advocacy group Open Justice Baltimore and two journalists alleges the Baltimore Law …

New Hampshire Transparency Law Leads to Release of List of Cops With Infractions

New Hampshire released an expanded list Tuesday of police officers who it determined may have credibility concerns due to a range of infractions from excessive force to lying. The list of 174 officers, released following legislation passed last year, aims …