Public Complaint No. 1721279714 - 470473436

George L Arnold

Alameda County Sheriff's Office

5325 Broder Boulevard

Dublin, California 94568

(925) 551-6500

https://www.alameda…

Date of Offense

February 13, 2017

Complaint

Discourtesy

Statement

Deputy George L. Arnold was extremely discourteous as an officer. In 2017, Deputy Arnold was serving as court security, in charge of screening people entering the Alameda County Administration Building. This was during the afternoon hours, and the season when the Mock Trial Competitions were going on. Deputy Arnold had a consistent frown on his face. There was at one point where he became very impatient with a student, because the student was waiting for him to be waved through the metal detector. Deputy Arnold chastised the student, saying "You're holding up the line! Why are you just standing there!" When the student tried explaining that he was waiting for Deputy Arnold to wave him through, Deputy Arnold looked at him with disgust and shook his head.

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.

Public Complaint No. 1721279714 - 470473436

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