http://sandiegofreepress.org/2015/05/california-attorney-general-locks-down-wiretap-and-other-criminal-justice-data/ California Attorney General Locks Down Wiretap and Other Criminal Justice Data May 26, 2015 by Source By Dave Maass / Electronic Frontier Foundation Deep Links Blog The California Attorney General"s office is required every year to compile details on each state-level wiretap order filed by local prosecutors. Mandated by the legislature as a transparency measure in the highly secret process of electronic surveillance, the annual California Electronic Interceptions Report is a wellspring of information for criminal justice research. But this year, the California Department of Justice (CADOJ) says that, from here on out, these reports-and potentially all of its criminal justice data-will only be issued as locked PDFs, significantly limiting the public"s ability to analyze the information in alternative formats. California Attorney General Kamala Harris" new policy is a slap in the face to transparency and is a step in the opposite direction of the nationwide trend to embrace open data. The 2014 California Electronic Interceptions Report, released last month, clocks in at 168 pages, with data on electronic surveillance from around the state presented in a series of complex tables, some spanning more than 30 pages. For each wiretap, the document outlines how many people were affected, how many communications were intercepted, the costs of the surveillance, and the number of arrests and the amount of property and drug seized as a result of the investigation. Download ZIP file of the California Electronic Interceptions Report PDF files 2009 – 2014. Download ZIP file of California Electronic Interceptions Report DOC files 2009 – 2013.