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Look at it this way: do you want police not disclosing who they arrest?

Name, age, city is pretty common; especially name and age of someone arrested. I'd imagine it public records.

Some quick googling for recent examples. I just looked for news articles, not sure what if the police release has more residency info on the ones that aren't listed in the articles.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-17/suspect-... - name and age

https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/2-chicago-men-charged-in-d... - names, ages, city

https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-shootings-arr... - name and age




That and I am sure there is a PR aspect to it and putting local populace at ease.




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