State law allows police to withhold body cam footage
A recent bill that would have closed the "dead suspect" loophole failed to pass.
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Giving Police Departments Money to Buy Body Cameras Will Never End Brutality
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Poll: Vast majority of Tennesseans support access to body cam footage
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DPS troopers could get body cams, along with restrictions to block release of their footage
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LAPD will make body camera videos public under new policy
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Nevada Limits Access to Police Body Camera Footage
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There's a renewed call for police body cameras. Here's why that may not be the right solution
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How to Film the NYPD or Get Body Camera Footage
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These Are the Incredibly Narrow Circumstances in Which You Can View Police Body Camera Footage
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Debate continues over public release of police body camera footage
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Mass. Bill Aims To Exempt Body Camera Footage From Public Record Laws
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Should police-worn body cameras be public record?
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CA Supreme Court: Body cameras can't replace testimony - CalMatters
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Despite widespread adoption of body cameras, Omaha police footage rarely shared with public