Pasadena Police Officers Ass'n v. Superior Court

In the wake of a March 2012 shooting death of unarmed teenager Kendrec McDade (McDade) by two members of the Pasadena Police Department (PPD), real party in interest City of Pasadena (City) retained an independent consultant, the Office of Independent Review Group (OIR), to review departmental policies. After OIR completed its review, real party in interest and intervener the Los Angeles Times (Times) and real parties in interest and interveners Anya Slaughter, Kris Ockershauser, the Pasadena Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, ACT, the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Greater Pasadena (collectively, the Slaughter parties or, when mentioned in conjunction with the Times, Interveners) made requests under the California Public Records Act (PRA or the Act) (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.; see Cal. Const., art. I, § 3, subd. (b)) seeking disclosure of OIR’s August 2014 “Report to the City of Pasadena Concerning the Officer-Involved Shooting of . . . McDade” (Report).

Petitioners the Pasadena Police Officers Association (PPOA) and Pasadena Police Officers Matthew Griffin and Jeffrey Newlen (the officers or, in conjunction with the…