https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/06/9855031/repeal-50a-law-police-records-meaning
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As the mass uprisings across the country continue, protestors and advocates are trying to hold public officials accountable for making real reforms.
In New York state, Communities United for Police Reform and New Kings Democrats, along with over 50 other political groups, are pushing a campaign to repeal the 50-A law — a state law that prevents the public from being able to access officers' disciplinary records.
The statute is routinely used to keep the public from learning about police misconduct and failed disciplinary actions.
“If 50-A is repealed, it can make it easier for public officials who oversee the police force to have those individuals fired, suspended, and properly reprimanded so they no longer are out on the streets working,” Assemblyman Carroll told Refinery29. “But you won’t know those things and won’t be able to do that if all of these records are sealed and secret.”
New York is currently one of the worst states in the country when it comes to police transparency, and 50-A is a serious reason for that, according to Kawaguchi.
“50-A prevents the public from accessing a police officer’s disciplinary records by essentially making all police personnel files confidential.
This means that if a police officer is testifying in a case, there’s no way to know if they’ve lied in prior testimonies, or when the press is reporting on police violence, there’s no way to know if the officer has a pattern of misconduct,” says Kawaguchi.
Ultimately, this means that the public can’t hold the commissioner accountable for police violence.
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Repealing 50-A is only a starting point, says Kawaguchi, but advocates’ hope that, by shedding a light on disciplinary records, New Yorkers will see that our police disciplinary processes are not only not working, but are also putting more people in danger, because police cannot be held accountable for the violence their communities endure.
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Date numerology: 6/5/2020 = 6+5+20 = 31
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