Democratic Assemblyman Phil Ting introduced A.B. 748, a bill in California that’d make all state police departments release video footage from officer body cameras. The Root explains:
The proposal, introduced by Democratic Assemblyman Phil Ting, would establish a statewide policy for when bodycam footage and other audio and video recordings should be released, at a time when there is a push across the country for bodycam recordings to be released more quickly after fatal police shootings, KPCC reports.
Assembly Bill 748 would amend California’s public records statute to limit the discretion police departments have for withholding police videos and require them to release videos in cases where officers have used force or where there is believed to be a violation of law or public policy.
Similar provisions have been introduced before, but none have passed. The bill has a hearing in the state Senate’s Public Safety Committee next week.