North Carolina Police Will Soon Be Able To Block Release Of Camera Footage

A new North Carolina law will make it harder for the public to acquire police dash cam and body camera footage.

Derrick Broze
作者 Derrick Broze
A Police body camera is displayed at a news conference

North Carolina has been the scene of recent riots and protests as the public calls for accountability in the police shooting of Keith LaMont Scott. After initially fighting the release of body camera footage, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney reluctantly allowed the public to see the shooting with their own eyes. Beginning October 1,

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Minnesota Police Departments Lost Their Bid Monday To Classify Most Body-Camera Footage As Private

Officials claim they have no authority to make body cam video private.

Associated Press
作者 Associated Press
In this Nov. 5, 2014 photo, Sgt. Chris Wicklund of the Burnsville Police Department wears a body camera beneath his microphone. Minneapolis, with the largest police department in Minnesota, has become the latest to equip officers with body cameras in what officials say is an effort to improve transparency and hold police accountable. The goal in Burnsville is to have all uniformed offices equipped with cameras by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Minnesota police departments lost their bid Monday to classify most body-camera footage as private. The commissioner for the Department of Administration rejected a request to temporarily wall off the data until state lawmakers pass body-camera regulations. A coalition of police departments had sought the data lockdown to avoid having to release

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Ferguson Residents Begin Using Body Cameras To Monitor Police

Copwatch raised more than $6,000 to purchase 110 of the small devices to give to residents.

Associated Press
作者 Associated Press
A member of the St. Louis County Police Department points his weapon in the direction of a group of protesters in Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014.

FERGUSON, Mo. — A California-based group has distributed and trained some Ferguson residents on how to use body cameras to record police. We Copwatch raised more than $6,000 to purchase 110 of the small devices to give to residents over the weekend, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The organization joined Ferguson-based activists the

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