In what circumstances will a police officer be required to disclose derogatory material in a file?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Poole v. Orange Cnty. Fire Auth., 191 Cal.Rptr.3d 551, 354 P.3d 346, 61 Cal.4th 1378 (Cal. 2015):
In County of Riverside v. Superior Court (2002) 27 Cal.4th 793, 118 Cal.Rptr.2d 167, 42 P.3d 1034, we held that the county was required to disclose to a police officer who had been provisionally hired, and then fired, derogatory material in a file containing the
[354 P.3d 352]
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