In April, David Mastagni and Tim Talbot sat down with PORAC President Brian Marvel to discuss a significant legal victory in the realm of law enforcement rights and privacy. The episode examines the PORAC v. Bonta matter in relation to the fight for officers’ rights to not have to disclose their gender. The episode provides an overview of the Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) that forced police officers to disclose their gender identity when reporting the outcome of a traffic stop.
The episode also discusses the implications of overreaching Department of Justice (DOJ) policies on law enforcement professionals and the LGBTQ+ community and discusses officer privacy double standards. David Mastagni highlights how the RIPA gender disclosure requirement contradicts the privacy standard Attorney General Rob Bonta declared regarding school teachers and parent notifications of a student’s gender identity. The episode also discusses the regulation’s implications and how the regulations infringe upon the constitutional rights of peace officers. An explanation of the legal intricacies surrounding PORAC’s temporary restraining order against DOJ is also discussed.
