On July 11, 2016, Governor McCrory approved new legislation that creates rules for access to law enforcement recordings, including body-worn camera and dashboard camera records. Following a national trend, North Carolina’s law enforcement agencies have adopted these technologies, and the status of the recordings they create under the state’s public records law has been unclear. […]
Posts Tagged ‘criminal investigation records’
Anonymous Tips: Can They Really Be Anonymous? [Revised]
Wednesday, April 9th, 2014Note: This is a revised version of my earlier post on this topic. Thanks to my colleague Jeff Welty for his help in providing a more complete explanation of the criminal investigation exceptions. Local governments want to hear from their citizens. As one city’s website says, it wants citizens to be its “eyes and ears.” […]
Are Security Videos Public Records?
Friday, November 16th, 2012Local governments, like many other organizations, place cameras in strategic locations to monitor activities that take place on their property or in public places. Security cameras are used for various purposes, including to apprehend and deter criminal behavior by employees or members of the public and to monitor and document employee performance for evaluation, discipline […]