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illustration showing silhouettes of three police officers, one in red, one in blue, and one in white with the label "Clean Record" pinned above the white silhouette, indicating its record had been scrubbed.

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2025 Winner, Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

Right to Remain Secret

Katey Rusch, Casey Smith | The San Francisco Chronicle and the UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program

The two-part investigative series “Right to Remain Secret,” a collaboration between UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program and the San Francisco Chronicle, unveiled how multiple police agencies in California used secretive legal settlements to mask the misconduct of officers. The investigation followed an interview with a former police chief from Banning, California, who had reportedly dismissed officers for serious misconduct, only to have their records altered to show voluntary resignations due to clandestine agreements.

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