Bob Freeman

COLUMN Local Police Exempt From Mug-Shot Ban, State’s Expert Avers Editor’s Note: This is reprinted from the June edition of NewsBeat, a publication of the New York Press Association. One provision of the recently passed state budget has been interpreted by many as a “ban” on police agencies releasing booking photographs. But state officials have since clarified it’s not an outright ban, and local police retain a great deal of discretion in how they handle mugshots. The measure in question,…