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Residents urge clearer rules on body-camera releases after video of council member traffic stop circulates
Summary
Multiple residents raised privacy and leadership concerns after a body-camera video showing a town council member’s traffic stop was publicly shared. Speakers asked town staff and the attorney to tighten controls on release of police footage and various commenters expressed both criticism and defense of the council member.
Several Prescott Valley residents used the meeting’s public-comment period on April 20 to raise concerns about the public release of police body-camera footage that shows a town council member stopped for a traffic infraction.
"None of these stated purposes include how or why the recent release of a PBPD video of a traffic stop and citation of a member of this council occurred," said Steve Caroll of Pronghorn Ranch, who distributed to council and staff a document from the National Institute of Justice outlining purposes for police body cameras. Caroll called the release "a breach of the public trust" and urged the town manager and town attorney to establish clearer, lawful controls on the release of body-camera footage to avoid "inappropriate use and abuse by uninvolved parties for political purposes."
Former council member Lucy Leyva…
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