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Stop bad push to hide police videos – Sun-Sentinel
Two bills moving through the Florida Legislature encourage local law enforcement agencies to add body cameras to their uniforms, a practice that would protect both police officers and the public they serve. But the bills are not identical and the wrong version — the one that would make it extremely difficult for people to ever […]
Scrap Florida legislation shielding many police body camera videos – Florida Society of News Editors
Legislation currently under debate in Florida’s Senate provides overly broad exemptions to the public release of videos captured by law enforcement body cameras. That effectively undermines the stated intention of the cameras — to increase transparency and public trust in officers. Video also protects law enforcement from false accusations of abuse and misconduct, and the […]