The footage, taken from a camera mounted on a police officer’s dashboard in Celina, Texas, showed the officer tackling to the concrete a man suspected to be high on heroin. The man struggled before eventually being put in handcuffs. A crowd of a few dozen people at Saint Leo University on Thursday night then saw […]
Bill would guard some body camera footage – HT Politics
Almost any video recorded by police body cameras is a public record under Florida law. But that could change with a bill moving through the Florida Legislature. On Tuesday, the Senate tweaked a bill that would restrict access to police body camera video, before sending the measure toward a full Senate vote. The bill would […]
ACLU wins Sunshine Law case – The St. Louis American
Last week a judge in Missouri became the first to rule that a government entity that cites one reason for not producing Sunshine Law requested documents cannot come back and cite other exemptions when sued. Judge Jon Beteem, Cole County Circuit Court, noted that to find otherwise would be “contrary to public policy” and would […]
