The Reynoso report was to be released Tuesday. But the police union filed a last-minute objection in court, citing a state law that protects the confidentiality of peace officers’ personnel records, including “complaints or investigations of complaints” about events while they are on duty. The report violates the law by naming officers and including “negative comments” about them, said John Bakhit, an attorney for the labor union of about 250 University of California police officers, including the 40 or so assigned to the Davis protest. The law doesn’t say officers can’t be named, but it bars disclosure of any information considered “an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.”

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by Nanette Asimov, The San Francisco Chronicle.

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