A nice idea, but the problem is that any of the video is going to be problematic.
The fact that I know that Video X at Specific date/time/place identifies someone means I can now correlate other records with it. In the case of witnesses, that's probably an issue.
They would be better having a discussion about controls on who can view such videos. For example, lawyers and juries see things under seal all the time. Also, it would be good for there to be a destruction date or a lockdown date at which point it requires more paperwork to get at the video. So, the general public can request within a year, legal requests to 3 years, judicial requests to 5, and destruction after that unless involved in a case.
Yes, I want the cops on video to be required to release to the press. But I also don't want to be front and center just because some cop walks by.
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A nice idea, but the problem is that any of the video is going to be problematic.
The fact that I know that Video X at Specific date/time/place identifies someone means I can now correlate other records with it. In the case of witnesses, that's probably an issue.
They would be better having a discussion about controls on who can view such videos. For example, lawyers and juries see things under seal all the time. Also, it would be good for there to be a destruction date or a lockdown date at which point it requires more paperwork to get at the video. So, the general public can request within a year, legal requests to 3 years, judicial requests to 5, and destruction after that unless involved in a case.
Yes, I want the cops on video to be required to release to the press. But I also don't want to be front and center just because some cop walks by.