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Dayton signs bill on police body cameras
Dayton signs bill on police body cameras
Associated Press and KARE 11 Staff , KARE 10:21 PM. CDT May 31, 2016
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - Gov. Mark Dayton has signed a bill that sets ground rules for police use of body
cameras.
The bill was among several signed Tuesday by the governor. It makes most footage private. Only the
people who appear in videos can have access to the files - unless it involves an altercation that results in
great bodily harm, in which the footage would then be made public.
"If you're the data subject, you can get it and do what you want with it," said Maplewood Police Chief
Paul Schnell. "The reality is it did need to balance individual privacy and accountability and I think the law
does that."
Dayton signed the bill only after lawmakers removed a provision that would have allowed officers to
review footage before writing an incident report.
Open -government advocates criticized the final bill for making so much of body camera footage private.
"I don't really see how police will be held accountable," said Minneapolis NAACP President Nekima Levy -
Pounds. "The focus should have been making the data public with a few exceptions to protect people
when they're in their homes and things like that."
The law will take effect August 1. Every department is supposed come up with its own policy by early
next year and lawmakers mandated they allow the public to weigh-in.
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