As an employee of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, you may have access to confidential criminal record and/or Department of Motor Vehicles record information which is controlled by statute. This would include the information in the Los Angeles County Regional Identification System (LACRIS), including the facial recognition tools within LACRIS. Misuse of such information may adversely affect the individual’s civil rights and violates the law. Penal Code section 502 prescribes the penalties relating to computer crimes. Penal Code sections 11105 and 13300 identify who has access to criminal history information and under what circumstances it may be released. Penal Code sections 11140-11144 and 13301-13305 prescribe penalties for misuse of criminal history information. Government Code section 6200 prescribes the felony penalties for misuse of public records and CLETS information. Penal Code sections 11142 and 13303 state:
“Any person authorized by law to receive a record or information obtained from a record who knowingly furnishes the record or information to a person not authorized by law to receive the record or information is guilty of a misdemeanor.”
California Vehicle Code section 1808.45 prescribes the penalties relating to misuse of Department of Motor Vehicles record information.
Any employee who is responsible for such misuse is subject to disciplinary action. Violations of this law may also result in criminal and/or civil actions.