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The Robins Kaplan Justice Report - Vol. 18, No. 3

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MAKING THE WHOLE TRUTH PUBLIC: THE FIGHT TO RELEASE BODY-WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE IN SECTION 1983 LITIGATION - Body-worn cameras were heralded as a promising innovation in the fight against crime and police misconduct. But in...more

Vondran Legal

Copyright Law and BodyCam Video

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I saw this question online and decided to answer it here on my blog.  It raises some very interesting and timely questions about the scope and reach of copyright law in our modern age. Many people want to know, is police...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 15h Annual Law of Policing Conference, Eastern Edition - May 8th, Mississauga, ON, Canada

Canadian Institute’s Law of Policing Conference, Eastern Edition, returns to Mississauga with the latest updates on how policing is progressing in Canada. Join this conference for two days of meaningful conversations and...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Police Tech Conference & Expo - April 30th - May 1st, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Hosted by CI, the Police Tech Conference & Expo returns for another exciting year with curated programming that will allow you to experience the captivating convergence of Canada’s senior law enforcement officers and the...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 14th Annual Law of Policing Conference - November 7th - 8th, Surrey, BC, Canada

A dynamic look at how policing is progressing in Canada. From the national rollout of Body Worn Cameras and the implementation of DEMS to support it, from amendments to provincial Police Act and firearms legislations to the...more

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Two Settlements Announced, Totaling $8.875 Million with City of Minneapolis in Two 2017 Police Misconduct Cases Involving Derek...

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In the plaintiffs’ lawsuits against the City, former police officer Derek Chauvin, and several additional Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) officers, the complaints alleged police misconduct, use of excessive force, and...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Police Tech Conference & Expo - February 28th - March 1st, Mississauga, ON, Canada

Hosted by CI, the inaugural Police Tech Conference & Expo provides the unique opportunity to experience hands-on the latest technology solutions specifically tailored for law enforcement. Learn how new devices and services...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] Law of Policing Conference, Eastern Canada Edition - May 6th - 7th, 9:00 am - 4:15 pm EDT

The Canadian Institute’s 12th Annual Law of Policing Conference, Eastern Canada edition will take place May 6 & 7, 2021. This year’s event will take an in depth look at some of the social movements that are demanding change...more

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[Webinar] SDPA and ACEDS OC eDiscovery Summer Refresher Session Six: Law Enforcement: CA eDiscovery Update - July 25th, 10:30 am -...

A discussion of recent current events, including how a 2020 California State Supreme court decision effects the public release of body camera footage from law enforcement agencies in California, and other important updates...more

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Court’s Police Body Camera Opinion Highlights E-Discovery Issues

The California Supreme Court recently issued an opinion that analyzes the public disclosure of police body camera footage and demonstrates the overlap between e-Discovery processes and other records production schemes. The...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

California Supreme Court: Government Cannot Charge Fee to Redact Police Body Camera Footage

California Public Records Act Provision Permitting Public Agencies to Charge for “Extraction” Analyzed - Government agencies are prohibited from charging a fee to redact police body camera footage in response to a...more

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California Public Records Act New Legislation

Part 1: New CPRA Laws for 2020 - While an expansive array of records can be sought via a California Public Records Act request, the right to inspect public records is not without limits. The CPRA does not give unlimited...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

FTC Challenges Long-Term Non-Competes in Connection with Merger

The Federal Trade Commission has issued an administrative complaint challenging Axon Enterprise, Inc.’s consummated acquisition of its body-worn camera systems competitor VieVu, LLC from parent company from Safariland....more

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Record Disclosure Obligations for California Police

BB&K's Christine Wood Gives Updates on AB 748 and SB 1421 in PublicCEO - Now, more than ever, Californians have greater access to police personnel records, body and dashboard camera footage and other recordings acquired by...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Safeguarding Patient Privacy—HIPAA And The Police Body Camera

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Imagine a police officer escorting a drunk driver through the emergency room with his body camera still on—not only is the officer recording the driver, the officer is simultaneously recording every individual and every...more

Harris Beach PLLC

Court Ruling on FOIL Challenges City's Policy on Redaction

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The MuniBlog has previously posted regarding municipal camera programs; and the need for written policies and procedures for operations of these systems, including storage and retrieval. These video surveillance systems...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Remember that the Camera Has a Bias

Across the country, police departments are moving toward greater use of individual officer body cams. The small, lightweight cameras are used to record police encounters from the officer’s perspective and can become evidence....more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

25 Years after the LA Riots

On April 29, 1992, a not-guilty verdict for the four Los Angeles Police Department officers who had been charged with assault and the use of unreasonable and excessive force on Rodney King, sparked the LA Riots. Today, in an...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Cops, Cameras & The Cloud: Axon’s Offer of Free Body Cameras to U.S. Police Departments

Earlier this month, Axon, the company formerly known as Taser, announced that it will offer a one year free trial of its body cameras and cloud storage to every police department in the United States. While controversy about...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Are Police-Worn Body Cameras A Mandatory Subject Of Bargaining?

Whether justified or not, the recent spate of high-profile police shooting cases throughout the United States has brought national attention to the issue of whether law enforcement officers should be using body cameras while...more

Troutman Pepper

Pennsylvania Legislature Seeks to Limit Access to Police Video Recordings

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The bill establishes a more restrictive process for obtaining video than the courts have provided for under the Right to Know Law. The Pennsylvania Senate passed a bill on October 19 that would prohibit police body...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Informing Illinois Newsletter - August 2016

Is Your Police Department Ready for Body Cameras? - Police use of force has been heavily scrutinized for more than a year. In May 2015, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it was providing $20 million in grants...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

New Florida Law: Police Departments Must Maintain Proper Protocols for Body Cameras

A new Florida law governing the use of body cameras by law-enforcement agencies has gone into effect, requiring top brass to establish guidelines for the training of officers and use of the devices, as well as the retention...more

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Body-Worn Cameras, the Prosecutor, and the Question of Public Access

BB&K attorney Gary Schons examines police body cameras from a variety of angles for the California District Attorneys Association’s Prosecutor’s Brief. The use of body-worn cameras by law enforcement officials and what...more

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New Police Procedures Laws for Illinois Municipalities

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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed Public Act 99-352 into law on Aug. 12, 2015, amending several Illinois statutes concerning local police operations and procedures. The law takes effect on January 1, 2016. Several aspects of...more

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