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Residents urge clearer controls after release of police body-camera video showing council member traffic stop
Summary
Multiple residents urged the town to tighten controls on release of police body-worn camera footage after video of a traffic stop involving a council member circulated on social media. Councilman Ken Freund addressed the public and apologized for his conduct, saying he paid the ticket and attended traffic school.
Prescott Valley — Several residents used the meeting’s public-comment period April 20 to criticize the release and social-media circulation of a Prescott Valley Police Department body-worn camera video showing a traffic stop that involved a town council member and to urge the town to adopt stronger controls on release of such footage.
Steve Caroll (Pronghorn Ranch) told the council he had distributed material from the National Institute of Justice about the purposes of police body cameras and said the purposes did not include the apparent public release of the video at issue. He asked whether the officer had filed criminal charges ("Did the officer file…
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