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Oct. 10, 2015

Who has access to police camera footage?

As body-worn cameras are being deployed in police departments around California and the country, courts are having to grapple with who is entitled to access the data and under what circumstances. By Gary Schons


By Gary Schons


The national call for police agencies to deploy police body-worn cameras (BWC) emerged
from last summer's searing events in Ferguson, Mo. In the months since, the implementation
of BWC technology has prompted action by the Department of Justice, scores of state
legislatures (including California's), and among police departments, large and small,
across the land. Hailed by police e...

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