The Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office plans on equipping the majority of its deputies with body cameras in the near future and the Tallahassee Police Department hopes to do the same. TPD has made a budget request for 400 body cameras, which the agency plans on making standard-issue equipment for all officers. The cost of those […]
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 […]
Tallahassee police release reporter’s contact information after records request – Poynter.org
by Seth Liss Published Dec. 25, 2014 12:59 pm Deadspin | Tallahassee Democrat A public records request from ESPN reporter Paula Lavigne led to the Tallahassee Police Department posting hundreds of public records online – along with her original request and cell phone number – on Christmas Eve. Lavigne requested police records for hundreds of […]