Florida could place limits on who can access police officer body camera videos under a bill passed by the Florida Senate. The Senate voted 36-2 for the bill that would keep confidential police videos that are shot inside a house, a health care facility or any place that a “reasonable person would expect to be […]
Florida Senate bill would set rules for police body cameras – PalmBeachPost.com
The Florida Senate Criminal Justice Committee unanimously passed a measure (SPB 7080) that would require law-enforcement agencies to establish policies and procedures addressing the proper use, maintenance and storage of body cameras and the data they record. Agencies would have to establish policies and train officers before allowing them to wear the devices. Currently, Florida […]
Tryon: Police body cameras vs. privacy – Herald-Tribune
The fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Missouri, policeman — and the subsequent protests and violence — will accelerate the emerging movement by law enforcement agencies to equip officers with “body cams.” Police in Ferguson began wearing body cameras shortly after Brown was shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson. Last week, after […]
