As more and more police departments across the country adopt body cameras, a battle is heating up over when the public will have access to the videos captured by these devices. The proposed laws vary in scope. A large number of them would completely exempt body camera videos from public record laws, although most of […]
Public has right to know what government agencies are doing – Victoria Advocate
With the 10th anniversary of Sunshine Week, a couple of themes become apparent in a review of pending state legislation affecting the public’s right to know. First, the rush to equip police officers with body cameras throws new light on the long-running tension between privacy rights and public-access rights. Current Oklahoma law, for example, makes […]
