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The first statewide police body-cam law comes with a major caveat
Last week, Nikki Haley of South Carolina became the first governor to sign a state law directing every police department in the state to implement the use of body-worn cameras. Just one thing: The footage captured by all those cop-cams won’t be subject to the state’s open records laws...
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If you consider the scope of what a body cam may capture even on routine patrol, this doesn't seem unreasonable. The problem will be selectively accessing all relevant video in a particular case and having confidence that the thin blue wall isn't hiding something behind it. If the correct automatic controls are in place for things like auditing all access, deletion, scanning modify dates, etc.. then this shouldn't be a major problem.