Please make this go viral. This is whatâs happening in my state right now. The bill was passed almost unanimously. You may view it here : http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=h972
NEW LAW MAKES POLICE CAM FOOTAGE OFF LIMITS TO PUBLIC
Motivated by the controversial police officer-involved shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota, and the terror in Texas that unfolded after a Black Lives Matter march, Gov. Pat McCrory signed the Body Cam bill into law.
Related story: North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper says body camera law needs fixing
McCrory signed House Bill 972 on Monday afternoon.
The new law details who can view and obtain footage from body and dashboard camera. The footage is no longer public record.
If you are in the video, either your image or your audio, you can request the file. The request could be denied, however, and then youâll have to take the fight to Superior Court.
McCrory says technology can mislead and misinform.
âMy goal is to protect those who protect us,â he said.
The Governor believes the legislation is fair for everyone.
âItâs better to have rules and guidelines with all this technology than no rules and guidelines whatsoever,â said McCrory.
The ACLU of North Carolina calls the legislation âshameful.â
âBody cameras should be a tool to make law enforcement more transparent and accountable to the communities they serve, but this shameful law will make it nearly impossible to achieve those goals,â said Susanna Birdsong, Policy Counsel for the ACLU of North Carolina. âPeople who are filmed by police body cameras should not have to spend time and money to go to court in order to see that footage. These barriers are significant and we expect them to drastically reduce any potential this technology had to make law enforcement more accountable to community members.â
The Governorâs Office would not comment on the criticism.
The law goes into effect Oct. 1.
Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison is backing McCroryâs move. He says what law enforcement encounters in the field is not for everyoneâs eyes.
âA lot of groups think we should show everything from start to finish and we just canât do it,â said Harrison. âThey think weâre trying to hide something and thatâs not what it is. But if we go into a house for a domestic (assault) and if the wife has been assaulted has been unclothed, we donât want that on YouTube. We donât want that out there.â
McCrory took another step Monday to protect officers. He established the Blue Alert System, which is to help catch anyone who intends on attacking or harming a public safety officials.
http://abc11.com/politics/new-law-makes-police-cam-footage-off-limits-to-public/1422569/
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