In 2018, a light was finally being shined on police misconduct records after decades of secrecy. Sen. Nancy Skinner’s Senate Bill 1421 was landmark legislation that led to in-depth reporting, better ...

In 2020 following widely reported police misconduct cases, the New York state legislature voted to repeal Civil Rights Law 50 ...

A Republican-led bill in the News York State Legislature would require approval from a judge before police disciplinary records can be released. For more than 40 years, ...

The measure failed after the two chambers disagreed on whether to include a carveout that would have let parents access records from the 2022 Uvalde school shooting.

A sweeping overhaul of police oversight and procedures is being proposed by Democrats in response to the deaths of black Americans at the hands of law enforcement, according to a draft outline ...

DALLAS -- A bill aimed at sealing most complaints against Texas police officers from public view died in the final hours of the special legislative session late Wednesday after House and Senate ...

The Legislature should be outraged at this legislation that would further undermine law enforcement accountability ... This bill is sponsored by law enforcement and pries into code sections that have ...