Police Camera Footage Will No Longer Be Made Public in North Carolina

Re:Police Camera Footage Will No Longer Be Made Public in No... by wccrawford on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @11:56AM (#12087191)

I think the point of the reputation bit is that there are probably other people in the video, too, and it might be their reputation that's at stake. Just because you're in the video doesn't mean that it's your reputation they're protecting.

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Re:Police Camera Footage Will No Longer Be Made Public in No... by kbenson on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @12:05PM (#12087277)

Good point. A standard process and policy of anonymizing third parties would resolve this, but that takes effort, which means money. I would be okay with a nominal fee per requested released video to deal with this, such as $50 (or an hour at the prevailing hourly wage of a technician), otherwise the legislature should allocate funds for such. There is a balancing act.

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