THE COPLEY PRESS, INC v. SUPERIOR COURT Part - II
California Public Records Act does not require disclosure to a newspaper publisher of records of county commission relating to a peace officer's administrative appeal of a disciplinary matter. Penal Code Sec. 832.7(a) which provides that certain peace officer records are confidential and shall not be disclosed in any criminal or civil proceeding except by discovery pursuant to Secs. 1043 and 1046 of the Evidence Code is not limited to criminal and civil proceedings. Commission records of disciplinary appeals, including the officer's name, are protected under Sec. 832.7. Sec. 832.7 is not unconstitutional for permitting nondisclosure of such records.
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