Torrance: January 2010 Archives
Yeah, so do I. But, we won't.
Citing two California Government Code sections that don't seem to make sense, but a California Vehicle Code section (20012) that could apply, the City of Torrance records administrator sent me a letter denying my public record request for the report regarding the Sept. 26 incident involving Sgt. Michael Mastick.
V.C. Section 20012 says that such reports are confidential to everyone except those with a "proper interest" in information. Apparently, I don't have such an interest.
I had originally sent my request to the Inglewood Police Department, since they were the agency that investigated the incident. However, they sent me to the Torrance Police Department, saying they no longer had the report.
Last I checked, there were nearly 300 comments (not counting the ones we had to kill)following last week's story on Torrance police Sgt. Michael Mastick, who will not be charged for allegedly causing a collision and bailing - possibly because he had alcohol in his system.
Aside from what follows the article, I've received some responses in my email inbox, too. While most the user comments criticize the decision to not file charges against Mastick, and are overwhelmingly anti-police, the emails are a bit more balanced. For example, Lynda writes:
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"Denise, I also heard from Andrew, who counters some of the comments that this was NOT news: "Denise, Thank you very much for reporting on this issue. I will make sure to never set foot in that city again. Keep up the good work on reporting the real issues and not some stupid puff piece from fox news." What do you think? |
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