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Community member asks council to support judicial review for release of body‑cam footage in fatal police shooting
Summary
A speaker said she filed an Act 22 request for body‑cam footage after a fatal police shooting and asked council to support a petition for judicial review; the request was denied and two judges have recused themselves, she said, and the matter is in the Court of Common Pleas.
Laura Panero told the Wilkes-Barre City Council on Jan. 9 she is seeking public support for a petition for judicial review after her request for police body‑camera footage related to a police shooting was denied.
Panero said the incident involved a man named Omar Redit and that the police were called for a domestic‑violence report; she said she filed an "Act 22" request for body‑cam footage, the request was denied and she subsequently filed a petition for judicial review in the Court of Common Pleas. She told council that two judges have recused themselves from hearing the petition and she is awaiting further court action. "Somebody lost their life. He was a member of the community. He was a father and a grandfather," Panero said.
No formal council vote, endorsement or request for additional public records was recorded in the meeting minutes; council asked if the administration was aware of the matter and no further council action was recorded.
