Re:Police Camera Footage Will No Longer Be Made Public in No...
by Broken_Hippo on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @12:44PM
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I see two things with the reputation bit, both positive and negative:
If you release someone being arrested, and afterwards it is a case of mistaken identity or one is found not guilty, it can affect reputation. Arrest records are public, and even when it winds up being mistaken identity or a not guilty verdict, it impacts lives and jobs. Some folks would base their judgement on how you acted or where you were in that video.
In addition to things such as domestic violence (perhaps we should blur out faces of the victims, for example, and not show their naked bodies to the public).
On the other hand, some of these could damage the Officer's reputation, and I wonder if they could be denied for that reason.
If you release someone being arrested, and afterwards it is a case of mistaken identity or one is found not guilty, it can affect reputation. Arrest records are public, and even when it winds up being mistaken identity or a not guilty verdict, it impacts lives and jobs. Some folks would base their judgement on how you acted or where you were in that video.
In addition to things such as domestic violence (perhaps we should blur out faces of the victims, for example, and not show their naked bodies to the public).
On the other hand, some of these could damage the Officer's reputation, and I wonder if they could be denied for that reason.