Isn't there something called the "Freedom of Information Act?"  If so, any info gathered from that source ought to be available to the general public, and I would expect disseminating that information should be protected by the First Amendment.  If it's priveledged internal information, that would be another story.

If reporting police behaviour and tactics were illegal, Joe Wambaugh, Mark Fuhrmann, et al, would be behind bars.  As long as you're not reporting on an on-going investigation, I would think any closed cases (solved or not) would be up for grabs.  Hell, they never (really) solved the Black Dahlia case, and how many books have been written about that?

Any legally-obtained info would benefit all of us.  I'm sure LE will try to find a way to scuttle it, though.  Cockroaches don't like the light.

Try the link below.  They have some info on Vice activity all over the U.S.  

Jaclyn

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