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7 Apr, 2022

Three bills improving open government laws clear House and Senate

By |2022-04-08T06:05:19-05:00April 7, 2022|Categories: crime records, Legislature, Open Meetings, requests|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Three bills that improve open government have cleared both the House and Senate. One will improve the transparency of public meetings of hundreds of state boards and commissions. Another brings more transparency to deaths that occur in local jails and state prisons. And the third clarifies language in the public records law that sometimes causes confusion over ID requirements and the responsibility of government to search for records.

5 Apr, 2022

Stealth caption bill would block citizen access to police body cam footage, prevent restrictions on surveillance

By |2022-04-05T08:02:20-05:00April 5, 2022|Categories: crime records, Legislature|Tags: , |5 Comments

A stealth caption bill that seeks to lock down citizen access to police body cam and dashcam footage has emerged late in session and will be heard in two key committees on Wednesday. The bill allows a law enforcement agency to delete most body cam and dashcam footage after 30 days and prevents local restrictions on police surveillance, such as facial recognition systems and drones. The bill, as revised, would be a dramatic step away from transparency, allowing police complete discretion over how it handles body camera footage and what is released and not released, even to the citizens directly affected in a police confrontation.

5 Jan, 2022

New use-of-force tracking system moves Tennessee in right direction

By |2022-01-05T12:47:53-06:00January 5, 2022|Categories: crime records, Legislature, Public Records|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

A new law requires all law enforcement in Tennessee to make monthly reports to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation on the use of force. The data will include information from any police action resulting in death or serious bodily injury to a person or the discharge of a firearm at or in the direction of a person.

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