Yesterday, Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff decided that police records were to be made public under a landmark transparency law. Open government advocates saw Beckloff’s decision as a move towards the right direction since keeping old records private would prevent agents who were involved in misconduct from being punished. However, the issue is whether or not something that was agreed to under confidentially be later made to the public.
See "Los Angelous in hrer since 5", BEN POSTON, MAYA LAU, Los Angelous Primes, February 20, 2019