TALLAHASSEE — First Amendment advocates are asking Gov. Rick Scott to veto three Senate bills his office received on Thursday, arguing that each measure represents another diminishment of Florida’s long tradition of open government and open records. The First Amendment Foundation, an advocacy group for open government funded by newspapers and other groups and individuals, […]
Across Country, Bills Could Restrict Public Access to Police Body Camera Videos, PINAC
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 […]
