"Reeves’ own records request, filed in April of this year, also requested any log of inquiries involving his own license plate. State law generally gives departments 10 days to respond to a records request; it took VPD nearly three months to fulfill his. When the records finally came, his request for information tied to his own plate was denied, citing the department’s own privacy policy."
For what it is worth, "... his request for information tied to his own plate was denied, citing the department’s own privacy policy" violates the California public records act law.
In other words, a local government's privacy policy does not trump California state law. And the California Public Records Act says that if it is a record, it must be provided when requested.
Now, local government can set the price for producing the records, and they can set the price high to discourage people from requesting the records, but if the requester is willing to pay, the government cannot just make up a b.s. privacy policy excuse for not supplying the records.
Some governments say that they don't supply personnel (HR) records due to a privacy policy. Obviously that doesn't apply to Mr. Reeves. Down in Los Angeles there was a public school coach who was accused of improper relations with a student, and the school district went ahead and _did_ publish his personnel file - so even those aren't off the table.
Anyway, if VPD has a record, they must produce it. Period. That is California law.
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