More than a year after Austinites voted overwhelmingly to make secret police personnel files public, the Austin Police Department has begun to release those documents. Requesting so-called G-file ...

After a landmark ruling earlier this year, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) is proposing changes to a key directive that could determine whether criminal defendants have access to information that ...

In 1998, the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) began requiring officers to fill out reports any time they had to use force, a big step toward tracking when and why police resorted to strong-arming ...

Efforts to limit police transparency by shielding some complaints from public view have failed multiple times during the 2025 legislative season—most recently in the form of House Bill 15, which died ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — City staff are currently working to release formerly sealed police personnel records requested via the Texas Public Information Act, according to an internal memo from the City Manager ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Austinites now have access to personnel files of the city's police officers as part of a voter-approved measure that was passed last year. The G-files show records of police officers ...

PRICEVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - WAFF 48 obtained the lengthy personnel file of the now-fired Priceville police officer Garry Chapman. He was terminated last month after the city determined he violated ...

PRICEVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — News 19 has obtained the personnel file of former Priceville police officer Garry Chapman. The file includes his history with the department: his employment paperwork, ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation authored by local Assemblymember LaShae Sharp-Collins that grants California’s law enforcement oversight boards access to confidential police personnel records ...

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