What is a Public Record?
Government Code §7920.530defines a public record as “any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned, used or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics." The California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) respects the public’s right to access records created and maintained by POST in the course of normal business.Please ensure that you narrow your request to that which reasonably identifies the desired recordsthat POST may have in its possessionin order for staff to more efficiently search for and promptly provide responsive documents. Additionally, please ensure the records you are requesting are underPOST's purview and what POST oversees as a state agency. For example, POST has no records related to 911 transcripts, accident/incident reports,warrants, county arrest records, and the like, unless they might be included in an officer's serious misconduct investigation.
The CPRA does not require creation/preparation of a record or document that does not exist at the time of the request. Additionally, certain categories of personal information and records are exempt from disclosure under the CPRA. Otherlaws also protect individual privacy interests and other propriety information from disclosure.
Submit Your Own Online Request for POST Records
(select "Submit Records Request")
Mail:
Attention: California Public Records Act Request
California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)
860 Stillwater Road, Suite 100
West Sacramento, CA 95605-1630
For questions, email: [email protected]
Please note: The 10-day period mentioned in the Government Code §7922.535is not a deadline for producing records. Should the request be voluminous, or require research, or computer programming, POST may need a reasonable amount of time to research, review, and inspect records prior to release; therefore, it may take longer before the records can be made available. Upon receipt of your request, POST will make every effort to keep you apprised of response timeframes.
