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Council narrows ordinance restricting disclosure of crime- and accident-scene images; approves amendment after NOPD concerns, adopts ordinance (one recusal)
Summary
Councilmembers amended and adopted an ordinance intended to limit public disclosure of crime- or accident-scene photographs and video, clarifying permitted disclosures for law enforcement, courts and victims; the council recorded a 4-yea vote with one recusal on the ordinance as amended.
City Hall — The New Orleans City Council approved an ordinance that restricts public disclosure of photographs and video of crime and accident scenes involving death or serious bodily injury, while adding exceptions for law-enforcement investigations, courts and victim requests.
Councilmember Joe Jeruso offered an amendment that narrowed the language in the original…
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