Attorney General Bonta: Transparency and Accountability Are the Foundation of Good Law Enforcement

OAKLAND — California Attorney General Bonta today issued the following statement in response to a ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denying in part and upholding in part a preliminary injunction sought by the Trump Administration to enjoin the enforcement of two California laws SB 805, the 'No Vigilante Act,' (D-Pérez) and SB 627, the "No Secret Police Act," (D- Wiener).

“Transparency and accountability are the foundation of good law enforcement. Yet the Trump Administration, in its zeal to carry out its inhumane anti-immigration agenda, has stepped well outside the boundaries of normal practice, deploying masked and unidentified agents to carry out immigration enforcement, despite the risks these tactics pose to public safety and basic civil liberties," said Attorney General Bonta. "Today's ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied the Trump Administration's attempt to block California from requiring law enforcement officers, including federal agents, to visually identify themselves by agency and either by name or badge number. Safe communities thrive on transparency and trust and California is committed to doing our part to uphold public safety and civil liberties."