Chicago Appeals Order Requiring Officials to Destroy Millions of Police Body-Worn Camera Videos – WTTW (Chicago)

Judge Michael Mullen ruled that it was illegal for the city to keep body-worn camera footage for longer than 90 days, since state law says that footage “must” be destroyed. Despite that, city officials have “enacted their own policy of the indefinite retention” of the videos captured by the body-worn cameras and have disciplined officers based on footage older than 90 days that was not flagged for review, Mullen ruled.
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P. T. Bombast
2 months ago

Possible that the judge wants to destroy evidence that might exonerate officers when they get sued on bogus abuse charges that already clog the courts and enrich plaintiffs’ lawyers.

Yellow Matter Custard
2 months ago

If only the politicians were put under the microscope like the cops are. Multiple layers of oversight by people with no experience of being a cop. A perfect world with perfect examples and perfect everything is not how it is on the day to day cop job. It’s no wonder nobody is interested in being one.

Greg
2 months ago

Typical . Ignore the law until getting caught . Good case for those disciplined after the 90 day rule

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