![]() ![]() The law also requires departments to make public records related to sustained findings of sexual assault and lying during the course of an investigation.Ī new law, SB 16, that went into effect this year further broadens the requirements for what police have to disclose, including incidents of prejudice and discrimination. The details on the San Diego County incidents were made public thanks to SB 1421, a 2019 state law that for the first time requires police agencies to release records - including audio and video files - related to police shootings and use of force resulting in great bodily injury. “Imagine if you had a job where it literally was just impossible to get in trouble, to be held accountable. “How many people are suspended or disciplined in any meaningful way? Not a lot,” said DeRay Mckesson, a civil rights activist and executive director of Campaign Zero. Only 56 cases have thus far led to convictions. The national advocacy organization Campaign Zero found that of the at least 9,873 people killed by police in the United States from 2013 to 2021, only 196 of these cases have led to an officer being charged with a crime. ![]() The San Diego numbers mirror a national trend. Phillips was suspended not for the shooting, but because he was carrying a gun while drinking alcohol.
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