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Police chief urges fee for public video redactions, cites heavy workload and software costs; ordinance at second reading
Summary
Chief Tony Hetrick told council that redacting police video under Ohio public-records requirements consumes substantial staff time and resources and urged adoption of a fee structure. Ordinance 9,267 (section 32.07) was at second reading and not adopted at the meeting.
Chief Tony Hetrick briefed Bowling Green City Council on the resource demands of redacting police body-camera and dash-camera video and said the division supports an ordinance establishing fees for redaction services.
Hetrick walked council through the redaction process, citing privacy protections required under Ohio open-records law and victim-protection rules such as Marcy’s Law. “This process has proven to take significant amount of resources,” Hetrick said, describing multiple-camera…
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