PALM COAST — Thirteen months ago, Kimberle Weeks had a phone conversation with Florida Secretary of State Kenneth Detzner. She asked his permission to record the conversation and Detzner refused the request, which was corroborated by a group of witnesses who were with Detzner and listening to the conversation, authorities said. Weeks secretly recorded it […]
Charges against ex-Flagler elections chief drift into murky legal terrain- The Daytona Beach News-Journal
BUNNELL — Two-party consent is the critical component when considering whether a recorded conversation is deemed legal or illegal, but the argument at trial — if it gets that far — could rest on an individual’s expectation of privacy. Kimberle Weeks, the former Flagler County elections supervisor, was arrested Wednesday morning following a grand jury […]
Bill would keep some police body-camera videos private – Tallahassee Democrat
A bill that would allow certain police body-camera footage to be kept from public view is facing criticism from Sunshine Law advocates and others who say it would defeat the very purpose of the devices. The legislation (SB 248), would make body-camera video exempt from public-records law when it is shot within a private residence, inside […]
