Lawyers who have tried to gain access to police videos on behalf of their clients said a new state law does little and won't ensure the transparency the public needs to hold police accountable. “The bill doesn’t do anything,” lawyer Griffin Sikes said.
Jun. 22, 2023, 8:07 a.m.Alabama has a new law on access to police body camera and dashboard camera videos, but it does not require law enforcement to disclose any recordings.
The agency receiving the request would have to either show the video to the person or representative or notify the requestor that it was denying the request. The new law does not require law enforcement to give a reason for denying a request. It does say the agency can deny any request that would affect an ongoing investigation or prosecution.
Attorney Griffin Sikes, who represents clients in cases of alleged civil rights violations by police, said the change in the law is negligible. “I don’t know if it really does much to make law enforcement activities more transparent,” Weinberg said. “I guess that it sets some parameters for requesting recordings. But it doesn’t give any provisions to the media to get stuff or release stuff. It’s just to individuals. I guess that can be of some good in terms of a family trying to figure out what happened, if there’s a death, or an individual that feels like they were the victim of misconduct of some sort.
“What this bill does, it gives individuals an opportunity to get their feet in the door,” Givan said. “Where the door had usually and normally been slammed on them. This gives them an opportunity for somebody to listen to them.”
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