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The criminal records of everyone, from childcare providers to employees to neighbors, are available through a trip to the local courthouse or visits to a number of Web sites, participants in the first ...

Today, for the first time, you can look up serious use of force and police misconduct incidents in California. KQED, along with journalism and police accountability advocates, is publishing a database ...