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Status Submitted
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Created on Nov 14, 2026

Operation Release and Announcement Preservation Record

PROBLEM: The Clovis operation ran October 16–17 and was announced October 19 — two days later. The announcement is the public's only window into the operation: its numbers, its charges, its victims-in-care. If the release lives only on a department's social media post, a deleted post or a redesigned website can take the public record with it.

SOLUTION: An operation-release and announcement-preservation record: every operation's public release preserved as a governed copy with its date, its numbers, and its charges attached — so the announcement that told the public what happened stays findable after the news cycle moves on.

EVIDENCE BASIS: DOCUMENTED — The Clovis operation ran October 16–17, 2026 and the results were announced October 19, 2026 (Clovis Police Department release via CSLEA, Oct 20, 2026; Wisevoter, Oct 19, 2026).

Idea priority Low