The Baltimore Brew published an article about the Maryland Judiciary’s removal of police names from Case Search, a website where anyone can log on and find the criminal and civil histories from any one person’s background. Many advocates, activists, and legal professionals criticized this decision as well as the sudden nature of the shift. MVLS IT Director and Staff Attorney Matthew Stubenberg explained how this move can make expungement even more complicated of a process, since the waivers involved with expungement require the name of the arresting officer. Though the names have since been restored, you can still read up on this issue and how these kinds of policy shifts can affect MVLS clients. Learn more by reading the full article here.
