The city of Rochester is making it easier for the public to access the disciplinary records of Rochester police officers.  

They will be available through a database online. 

City Hall says it's an effort to be more transparent, and avoid the delay of processing freedom of information requests.

The RPD union's president says he supports reform, but believes this decision was one-sided.

"This was right to have taken place, but it was done wrong," said Locust Club President Mike Mazzeo. "There should have [been] public hearings in Albany. There should have been the ability for police leadership, police unions, the public to come and speak to those hearings."

This is in response to the repeal of Section 50-a of New York State Civil Rights Law, which had previously deemed those personnel records private. 

The city hopes to have the system up by the end of the year.  The Monroe County Sheriff's Office says it is also working on a similar way to provide those records.