NACDL - Police Disciplinary Records

Police Disciplinary Records

NACDL supports improved transparency around police disciplinary records in New Jersey.

During the 2020-2021 session, NACDL issued a legislative action alert urging individuals to contact their lawmakers in support of SB 2656, legislation to make law enforcement disciplinary records accessible to the public.

Letters and Testimony

Letter to NJ State Leaders on Public Access to Law Enforcement Disciplinary Records (January 2021)

Letter to New Jersey legislative leadership regarding a proposed bill to require that law enforcement disciplinary records are government record and available to the public (S2656, 2020).
Letter to NJ Legislature Leadership on Making Police Disciplinary Records Public (October 2020)

Coalition letter from the NJ Coalition for Transparent Policing to the leadership of the New Jersey state legislature regarding proposed legislation to make law enforcement disciplinary records accessible to the public as government record (Senate Bill 2656).

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