Senate committee pushes forward with body-worn cameras in Tennessee prisons
Senate committee moves forward on body cameras for state prison guards.
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Jan, 2026
30
Jan, 2023
Citizens deserve access to police video even when people don’t die
If the video footage from the Tyre Nichols beating in Memphis tells us anything, it’s that we need to keep protecting the tools that allow public accountability for corruption.
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Feb, 2022
Body camera public record exemption needs update for more accountability
An exemption passed in 2017 makes certain video footage captured by law enforcement body cameras confidential. The exemption is set to expire this year. And instead of renewing the exemption, we need to review its obvious problems.
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Feb, 2022
Open government bills to watch in 2022
We are monitoring several bills during the 2022 legislative session, including a bill that would create new fees to inspect public records.
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Jun, 2021
Report takes aim at redaction, access to body camera footage
A recent report by investigative journalist Marc Perrusquia details the excessive redaction of body camera footage, obscuring information and leading to high labor costs and delays when journalists and members of the public want to view it. The report, "Inaccessible: Police Body Camera Footage Is Often Expensive, Heavily Edited And Takes Months To Get", was published by the Institute for Public Service Reporting in Memphis where Perrusquia is director. The report is especially relevant and timely because a law that allows redaction of certain parts of body camera footage is set to expire July 1, 2022. [...]