California Penal Code 11077 – The Attorney General is responsible for the security of criminal …
The Attorney General is responsible for the security of criminal offender record information. To this end, he or she shall:
(a) Establish regulations to assure the security of criminal offender record information from unauthorized access and disclosures by individuals and public and private agencies at all levels of operation in this state.
Terms Used In California Penal Code 11077
- criminal offender record information: means records and data compiled by criminal justice agencies for purposes of identifying criminal offenders and of maintaining as to each such offender a summary of arrests, pretrial proceedings, the nature and disposition of criminal charges, sentencing, incarceration, rehabilitation, and release. See California Penal Code 11075
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the district and territories. See California Penal Code 7
(b) Establish regulations to assure that this information is disseminated only in situations in which it is demonstrably required for the performance of an agency’s or official’s functions.
(c) Coordinate these activities with those of any interstate systems for the exchange of criminal offender record information.
(d) Cause to be initiated for employees of all agencies that maintain, receive, or are eligible to maintain or receive, criminal offender record information a continuing educational program in the proper use and control of criminal offender record information.
(e) Establish regulations as he or she finds appropriate to carry out his or her functions under this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 470, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)