top of page

Cal Matters California law forced police to release shooting footage. videos follow the same script


By NIGEL DUARA | CaLmatters PUBLISHED: April 10, 2023 at 7:56 a.m. | UPDATED: April 10, 2023 at 8:08 a.m.

Ken Pritchett clicks his mouse and the logo of a Southern California police department pops up on a computer monitor the width of his shoulders. Another click and the image flips to a three-dimensional map. A glowing orange arrow indicates the direction a man ran as he tried to evade police.

The video isn’t much different from hundreds of others produced since California passed a law in 2018 mandating police departments release body camera footage within 45 days of any incident when an officer fires a gun, or uses force that leads to great bodily injury or death. Like most other critical incident videos released by law enforcement agencies after a shooting, this one is a heavily edited version of the original raw video, created by one of the private contractors that went into business editing police footage after the law went into effect.




3 views0 comments

Recent Posts

See All

NPR on Decertifying police officers

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5023051 AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: When a police officer does something seriously wrong, one option is...

Robert Fortson

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2024/05/12/experts-say-gun-alone-doesnt-justify-deadly-force-in-airman-shooting/...

Comments


Commenting has been turned off.
bottom of page