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SoCal Connected
The Fight to Know
Season 10
Episode 1108
In the beginning of 2019, California, one of the nation’s most secretive states when it comes to police files, put Senate Bill 1421 into effect. The new law made public thousands of police records pertaining to police dishonesty, sexual assault and use of force. And in an unprecedented move, forty news groups partner to dig into these once-secret police files. But even after a year into the new transparency law, journalists and the public are realizing that the law has its limits when it comes to investigating police misconduct. This story was produced in partnership with the Orange County Register and KQED.
Reporting for this project was supported by the Fund for Investigative Journalism.
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