Public Complaint No. 1713809579 - 55829179

Dmitriy Andreyevich Starkov

Beverly Hills Police Department

464 North Rexford Drive

Beverly Hills, California 90210

(310) 550-4951

https://www.beverly…

Date of Offense

April 22, 2024

Complaint

Traffic

Statement

This morning Officer Starkov pulled me over between Santa Monica and Beverly Blvd stating that he had saw me using my cell phone. This is false and made me significantly late to work. If the allegations had been true then I would've just continued to work knowing it was my fault but that is not applicable here. Police officers should not be able to inconvenience citizens for no reason or to meet some sort of "quota" at the end of the month. This stop was a complete waste of my and other tax paying dollars. I have NEVER been stopped for using my phone because I simply do not. All of my electronics are hands free and I will be trying to get involved in the ongoing discrimination case that the BHPD has going due to this incident. Our homelessness is a huge problem, not the African American tax payer on her way to work. Traffic Str. Kim advised that the phone in addition the device must be in hand which is definitely not the case here. I will follow up today with my dash cam footage to the police department. Although I was inconvenienced and made late for work, I am sure he will not receive any consequences for doing so but I will try to ensure that something comes out of this even if I have to call everyday. Police officers should have consequences for wasting citizens time.

Location

N Rodeo Dr, Beverly Hills, CA, USA

34.0735021, -118.4078173

California Public Records Act

§ 6250-6268

The California Public Records Act is a series of laws meant to guarantee that the public has access to public records of governmental bodies in California. In December of 2011, a Superior Court judge ruled that the California Assembly must also disclose budget records of individual lawmakers, after some California newspapers filed a lawsuit accusing legislators of flouting the state’s open records laws.

Public records in the California Public Records Act are defined 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.” There is a separate category of “purely personal information” that, although it may be in the custody of a government agency, does not fall under the act. Statute 6255 states a catch all exemption, “The agency shall justify withholding any record by demonstrating that the record in question is exempt under express provisions of this chapter or that on the facts of the particular case the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record.”

Anyone can request public documents in California, and a purpose does not have to be stated. The California Public Records Act does not regulate the use of records obtained from public agencies. One should allow 10 days for an agency to comply with a records request.