Allowing access to footage from dashboard and police body cameras through the state’s Right-to-Know Law would mean troopers and officers accused of misconduct would less be tried in the courts than in the media and the court of public opinion, an attorney for the Pennsylvania State Police argued to the state Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Attorney Andrew Rongaus told the justices police footage may be accessed by aggrieved parties in criminal and civil litigation, and third-party access under the Right-to-Know Law could put sensitive information in the public eye.
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