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Board adopts resolution urging sheriff's office to adopt a time-limited video-release policy after heated debate
Summary
The Milwaukee County Board adopted a resolution urging the sheriff's office to consider a time-limited policy for releasing audio and video from critical incidents, modeled on the City of Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission policy, after extended debate over investigative impacts.
The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 6 adopted a resolution asking the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office to develop a policy for releasing audio and video from critical incidents to family members and to the public. The sponsors modeled the request on the City of Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission's video-release policy and asked for time-limited release: family access within 48 hours and public release within 15 days, subject to redaction and withholding under enumerated exceptions.
Supervisor Juan Miguel Martinez, the resolution's sponsor on the floor, called the measure "a long-overdue common-sense policy" and said it aimed to increase transparency after high-profile critical…
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