New Florida law shields police body cam videos – Tampa Tribune
( Florida: Land of the compromised and corrupted.)
TALLAHASSEE — A new Florida law now shields the footage taken by police body cameras from public view, but legal experts say that doesn’t affect the rights of citizens who want to record their own video.
Unless, that is, the video has sound — and usually they do.
Among new measures that took effect Wednesday was a public records exemption covering body-camera video.
A privacy exception now prevents disclosure of such video, including footage taken inside a home, at a hospital or at the scene of a “medical emergency.”
Moreover, a catch-all provision exempts body-camera video where an individual recorded had a “reasonable expectation of privacy,” though it does allow the subject of any footage to authorize its release.
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