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JOHN MAYE
President

Hon. Hugh L. Carey

June 18, 1976.

PLOYD HOLT_OWAY
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THOMAS GRASSO
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In today's milieu police officers are bearing the

JULIO COSMEJR. brunt of fishing expeditions by some
a ttorneys who are
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JOSEPH CARNEY
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AMADEO FASOLINO
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McLOVGHLIN

Trearrerer

subpoenaing personnel records in an attempt to attack

officers' credibility, a tactic that has lead to abuse and

in some cases to the disclosure of unverified and unsub-

stantiated information that the records contain. It
also

has resulted in the disclosure of confidential information
and privileged medical records.
These abuses can be stopped and the civil rights of
police officers upheld by enactment of this bill. If the
information in the personnel records is required in the
public interest, the judge can release it. If it is not,
he may withhold it. In either case, the police officer
has been accorded due process and the rights of the public
secured.
Hopefully you will agree that the purpose of the bill,
which last year you cha racterized as " c
ommendable", can be
achieved without expense to effective law enforcement.
For these reasons, your approval is respectfully
requested.
Respectfully yours,
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President

Affiliated with

Police Corferrnce State of New York, Inc.
Interr,.i ;ior:al Corfererre of Polrre AcJ',u.
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Police Conference Inc.

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