Most agencies don’t struggle with body-worn camera review because people don’t care. They struggle because manual review does not scale . Supervisors and trainers are expected to: Watch increasing volumes of footage Apply consistent judgment across incidents Balance review with operational demands Over time, subjectivity creeps in—not from bad intent, but from fatigue, time pressure, and inconsistency. This isn’t a personnel problem. It’s a systems problem. Technology can hel

On June 9th, a Colorado judge ruled that the Aurora Colorado Police Department violated the Colorado Law Enforcement Integrity Act (CLEIA) by refusing to release all unedited body-worn camera video of a fatal officer-involved shooting incident. The case focused on the meaning of the words "incident" and "uneditied". You can read this article from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press summarizing the case. The court's ruling is 13 pages long and I encourage all la

The debate on whether or not to release body-worn camera video continues across the country. A change of attitude from "trying to find...

April 25, 2021 I would not be surprised if the NC Legislature took a very hard look at their public records law regarding the release of...

April 22, 2021 Public record laws directed at the release of body-worn camera video in response to a request must carefully considered....

April 15, 2021 Interesting news story. Former police chief releases video of a shooting after he leaves the agency and after the...

October 24, 2019 Interesting article on Worcester Police Department’s body camera pilot program. Like most departments, Worcester will...

October 11, 2019 Chief Jeffrey Smythe, of the Burlington NC police department, demonstrated the positive value of releasing body-worn...

August 20, 2016 Handling public records requests for body camera recordings can be a daunting and costly challenge for any department. I...