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 […]
Senate passes bill to keep police body cam video from public view – The Tampa Tribune
UPDATED THURSDAY: The House has placed the bill on its “special order” calendar for consideration Friday. The Florida Senate on Wednesday passed a measure creating a public records exemption for police body camera videos. With little debate, the bill (SB 248) was approved 36-2. Sens. Dwight Bullard, a Miami Democrat, and Dorothy Hukill, Port […]
Florida Senate considers shielding video from police body cameras – Tampa Bay Times
As activists and law enforcement push for officer-worn cameras as a way to inject more transparency into policing, the Florida Senate is poised to shield those videos from the public. Critics say the proposed law — part of a widespread legislative push to keep more records private — would keep the public in the dark […]
