anyone else know about this "Mugshot Ban"

[Jmac00]

Mugshots Removed From Public Record In New York State

Mugshots, long thought of as public information in New York State, will no longer be accessible for the public and media. Not even under a Freedom of Information Law Request.

www.wicz.com

New York State Police stopped publishing mugs to their website as of April 3rd.

The new law allows law enforcement agencies to share photos of individuals taken at booking, also known as mugshots, only when there is a specific law enforcement purpose to do so. For example, these photos could be released if the public can assist police in locating a wanted suspect, finding additional witnesses or victims, or developing new leads in an ongoing investigation. The law is not designed to limit all access to these photos, but instead to protect the privacy rights of individuals involved in the justice system and to allow law enforcement agencies to determine when disclosure is reasonable given the circumstances.

That "mugshot ban" was passed into law as part of the 2020 state budget.

"People can FOIL, but it won't do any good because it can be denied," says Broome County Sheriff David Harder.

 

[Darth]

Mugshots were already exempt from foil.

 

[Jmac00]

Mugshots were already exempt from foil.

I did not know that? oh well?

 

[Criticalt]

I think photos of politicians should be banned too..........Cuomo, Shumer, Feinstein, Pelosi.......bunch of ugly mofos.

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

So mugshots are banned due to privacy concerns but releasing personal information of LEO is perfectly acceptable?

Y'know, when you look at the world through an asshole shaped lens.....stuff like this seems perfectly clear.

 

[Cooolone]

Mugshots my be protected, but isn't it amazing...

That Firearm ownership isn't foil protected!...

A simple FB search with the name and address will tell you a lot about the person you've looked up. So FOIL away for the list by each county like Gannet News did!

 

[Grimscale]

I think photos of politicians should be banned too...

Then what will we use to practice on?

 

[Criticalt]

Then what will we use to practice on?

Actual politicians

 

[BDinPutnam]

Mugshots my be protected, but isn't it amazing...

That Firearm ownership isn't foil protected!...

A simple FB search with the name and address will tell you a lot about the person you've looked up. So FOIL away for the list by each county like Gannet News did!

Good luck with that in Putnam.

 

[prambo]

Insane...well, since I can no longer see a pic of the BGs, guess the arrest rate is going to plummet.

Maybe that's the plan...

"If you see a white man, anywhere between 4'10" and 8'6", between 50 and 500 pounds, with anywhere between 0 tats to full body ink, any or no hair, dressed in anything or buck naked, with, or without, an erection, please call the nearest NYSP barracks. We will come and arrest his sorry ass. "

That should work...at least for BLM.

 

[Criticalt]

Insane...well, since I can no longer see a pic of the BGs, guess the arrest rate is going to plummet.

Maybe that's the plan...

"If you see a white man, anywhere between 4'10" and 8'6", between 50 and 500 pounds, with anywhere between 0 tats to full body ink, any or no hair, dressed in anything or buck naked, with, or without, an erection, please call the nearest NYSP barracks. We will come and arrest his sorry ass. "

That should work...at least for BLM.

Its as if you know exactly what I look like!!