Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Brady List includes all known issues of police misconduct, do not call status, decertification, public complaints, use-of-force reports, and citizen reports.

Pennsylvania is not in compliance with the nationwide, public-facing, Brady List; or:

Supreme Court of the United States [SCOTUS] Brady doctrine (1963);
US Freedom of Information Act (1967);
State Sunshine Law (see, below);
Open Government Act (2007);
Open Government Initiative (2009); and,
Open Government Directives (2009) issued by the United States Department of Justice.

This information has been curated by journalists and private citizens; and, this platform is available as-a-service to all Peace Officer Standards & Training [POST] Departments, Prosecutors, and Law Enforcement Organizations [LEOrgs].

In the interests of transparency, Level Playing Field is demonstrating all of the invoices presented to Pennsylvania:

Invoice_10040_2023-01-31 Pennsylvania.pdf

Brady List
Prosecutors

Sylvester Accardo	Brady Offense No. 1632169508 - 532281180 July 8, 2004 Employer(s): Pennsylvania - Unknown Agency
Sylvester Accardo	Sylvester Accardo	Decertification No. 1634157552 - 1071877886 July 8, 2004 Employer(s): Pennsylvania - Unknown Agency Authority: Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officers' Education & Training Commission [MPOETC]
Unknown Adams	Public Complaint No. 1654383494 - 1140978538 May 31, 2022 Criminal Behavior, Operation / Personnel Violations, Personal Violations, Supervisory Responsibilities Employer(s): Homestead Borough Police Department
Wade Anderson	Brady Offense No. 1632169436 - 1894975529 July 8, 2004 Employer(s): Pennsylvania - Unknown Agency
Wade Anderson	Wade Anderson	Decertification No. 1634157500 - 977439802 July 8, 2004 Employer(s): Pennsylvania - Unknown Agency Authority: Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officers' Education & Training Commission [MPOETC]
Dean Argenta	Brady Offense No. 1632169472 - 1063114362 September 14, 2012 Employer(s): Olyphant Police Department
	Dean Argenta	Decertification No. 1634157539 - 459758614 September 14, 2012 Employer(s): Jermyn Police Department Authority: Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officers' Education & Training Commission [MPOETC]
	Dean Argenta	Brady Offense No. 1632169472 - 507791847 September 14, 2012 Employer(s): Jermyn Police Department
	Dean Argenta	Decertification No. 1634157502 - 1941842692 September 14, 2012 Employer(s): Olyphant Police Department Authority: Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officers' Education & Training Commission [MPOETC]
James Attinello	Decertification No. 1634157524 - 1027711198 July 8, 2004 Employer(s): Pennsylvania - Unknown Agency Authority: Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officers' Education & Training Commission [MPOETC]

Newman, Ada

Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1663714065 - 1497474038

May 27, 2022

Cooperative Misconduct, Extra Judicial 'Administrative' Sanctions, Judicial Proceedings, Obstruction of Justice

Employer: Allegheny County District Attorney

Authority: Pennsylvania Bar Association

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In order to provide this service to 20,000+ Organizations, POST Departments, and Prosecutors nationwide. We have standardized the input, date and time stamped the output, incorporated an epistemology of Brady Offenses, Public Complaints, and Use-of-Force Reports.

Pennsylvania Right to Know Law

65 Pennsylvania Statute § 67.101 et seq.

The Pennsylvania Right to Know Law is a series of laws designed to guarantee that the public has access to public records of governmental bodies. Prior to 2008, the Pennsylvania Right to Know Act was widely regarded as one of the worst in the country, partly because the pre-2008 law presumed that government records were not public, unless someone who wanted the record could establish otherwise. A new law passed by the state legislature and signed by Governor Ed Rendell "flipped the presumption". This new law went into full effect on January 1, 2009 and it states, in sharp distinction to the previous law, that all documents will be presumed to be opento the public unless the agency holding them can prove otherwise.

The Pennsylvania Right to Know Law defines records as, “information, regardless of physical form or characteristics, that documents a transaction or activity of an agency and that is created, received or retained pursuant to law or in connection with a transaction, business or activity of the agency." Any United States citizen may request public records and no statement of purpose is required. There is no restriction on the use of records and five days is the limit for responses to requested documents.

Society wins not only when the guilty are convicted but when criminal trials are fair; our system of the administration of justice suffers when any accused is treated unfairly.

- William O. Douglas, Associate Justice (1939 - 1975)

Supreme Court of the United States

Analytics

The following is a visual demonstration of the information gathered on this platform. The interpretive data will improve as participation increases; accuracy will increase as adoption spreads; and, conclusions of law may be gained as compliance is enforced.

There have been no Do Not Call [Giglio letters] filed for Pennsylvania, yet.

This feature will be coming in early 2022!