Euclid City Council voted to update the city’s charges for police administrative services, including new fees tied to the retrieval and redaction of body‑worn camera footage.

Law Department staff and police officials told council the city’s fee schedule had not been substantially updated since 1990 and that the department has seen a marked rise in public‑records requests for video. Counsel gave monthly request totals for 2025 — 474 requests in January, 398 in February, 320 in March and 430 in April — and described a large share of recent requests as broad or “blanket” requests for video.

The law director said one full‑time staff member handles much of the redaction and records work; the workload has grown substantially since 2022. The department described common practical challenges: multiple officers and vehicle cameras for a single incident, redactions for victims and children, and large file sizes that require secure transfer or physical media.

Council members asked operational questions about delivery formats, postage and estimated costs. Staff said files are sometimes delivered digitally (zip files or secure drop boxes) but that, because of size, some productions require USB drives or other physical media; the ordinance separates the labor charge for processing from the physical‑media cost. The law director said other Ohio jurisdictions (Westlake, Independence, METROparks, Youngstown and Lucas County) have adopted similar fee approaches.

Council suspended rules and approved the emergency ordinance during the meeting. Administration asked that the department continue to provide cost estimates on complex requests and that policies be developed to inform requesters before substantial work begins.

The change does not alter criminal discovery obligations; staff noted that defendants receive required materials under criminal procedure rules at no charge when relevant discovery is ordered by the court.

The new schedule aims to reduce the administrative burden of large or repeated public‑records requests and to recover a portion of the labor and materials cost associated with processing and producing body‑worn camera footage and other records.