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FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION PRESENTS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2015
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Consultant,
San Francisco Police
Officers Association
Mr. Delagnes served on
the SF Police Dept. for
35 years: ten years as a
police officer in patrol,
two years in the tactical
division. In 1990, Delanges
was promoted to the rank
of inspector, and spent
12 years working in an
undercover capacity in the
narcotics division. In 2004,
he was elected President
of the SF Police Officers
Assoc. and served in that
capacity until he retired
from the force in 2013.
He continues to serve as a
consultant for the POA.
San Mateo County
Superior Court Judge,
Retired
Judge Kopp began his public
service career as a member
of the San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
representing the West
Portal neighborhood. In
1986, Kopp was elected
to the California State
Senate representing the
8th District where he
served until 1994. He
was appointed San Mateo
Superior Court Judge in
1998 and served until
he retired in 2004. Judge
Kopp is a member of the
First Amendment Coalition
Board of Directors.
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G A R Y
D E L A N G E S
P E T E R
K E A N E
SPEAKERS
Q U E N T I N
K O P P
In California the public
has virtually NO access to
police records of criminal
investigations and records
of internal reviews of po-
lice conduct. Most other
states provide greater
public access.
Law enforcement defends
California’s high degree of
secrecy as necessary to
protect due process rights
of police, the integrity of
ongoing investigations,
and the privacy of wit-
nesses and suspects.
Critics counter that more
transparency would deter
police misconduct and
cause law enforcement to
be more accountable to
Professor of Law &
Dean Emeritus,
Golden Gate Unvisersity
Law School
Mr. Keane is currently
serving on the San
Francisco Ethics
Commission. He is
Professor of Law and Dean
Emeritus of Golden Gate
University Law School.
He teaches Evidence and
Criminal Procedure, He
was the Chief Assistant
Public Defender of San
Francisco for 20 years.He
served as a San Francisco
Police Commissioner
by appointment of the
San Francisco Board of
Supervisors.

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Attorney and Partner:
Ram, Olson, LLP,
San Francisco
Mr. Olson specializes in
defending news media
clients and individuals
against defamation and
‘SLAPP suits’ (Strategic
Lawsuits Against Public
Participation). He has
also successfully handled
numerous battles for access
to public records under the
California Public Records
Act, including a successful
lawsuit decided by the CA
Supreme Court involving
access to public employee
salaries. He is a Member
of the First Amendment
Coalition Board.
Courts Reporter,
San Francisco Chronicle
Mr. Egelko reported for
the Associated Press for
30 years, then joined the
Chronicle in 2000. He
covers state and federal
courts in California, the
Supreme Court and the
State Bar. He has a law
degree from McGeorge
School of Law and is a
member of the bar. In 2013
he received the American
Judicature Society‘s Toni
House Award for legal
affairs reporting. In 2011
he received a career
achievement award from
the Society of Professional
Journalists-NorCal.
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Executive Director:
First Amendment
Coalition
A lawyer and journalist,
Mr. Scheer has been FAC’s
executive director since
2004. He was editor and
publisher of The Recorder,
a daily legal newspaper in
SF; founder of law.com and
callaw.com; and publisher of
Legal Times in Washington,
DC. He practiced appellate
litigation in Washington,
DC, both in the U.S. Justice
Depart.and in private
practice, and has argued
cases in the US Supreme
Court and federal courts of
appeal. He writes frequently
on First Amendment issues.
voters, while making po-
licing safer by enhancing
the legitimacy of police
departments.
Tonight FAC is proud
to present a panel of
law-enforcement access
experts for a discussion
focused on the important
issues of public over-
sight and access to law
enforcement, including
body cams; public access
to emails on private elec-
tronic devices; the state
of the law on whether the
public has access to police
disciplinary proceedings,
and public access to in-
formation about officer-
involved shootings.

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