"One expert said no longer posting files that were previously made available 'may not be technically illegal, but it’s certainly not a best practice.'" In addition, about 40% of the requests open as of April had gone beyond the two-week window by which the records should typically be produced.

The LAPD has quietly stopped putting many public records onlineAccording to a UCLA professor, public records related to the police department began disappearing from a Los Angeles city website last April, turning the LAPD into a “black hole of information.”www.latimes.com