Most video from police body cameras would be kept secret in a Wisconsin bill that drew widespread support from law enforcement at an Assembly hearing Thursday. Kewaskum Republican Jesse Kremer says his bill would protect the privacy of innocent people captured on police video — and it would give law enforcement statewide guidelines for releasing video to the public. Jim Palmer of the state’s largest police union says the rules would encourage more departments to use body cameras — but Bill Lueders of the state’s Freedom of Information Council says it would prevent the public release of important evidence in cases of interest. The bill would exempt all body camera video from the state Open Records Law except when it involves deaths, injuries, arrests, and searches. And police would still have to seek permission for public release from those with reasonable expectations of privacy, like homeowners and witnesses.
Police Support Bill To Keep Most Body Camera Video Secret
Oct 6, 2017 | 5:42 AM
State News