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Council bans future reality programming featuring first responders, allows one‑year closeout of existing footage
Summary
The council passed an ordinance prohibiting new agreements that authorize reality-based television programming featuring city first responders, while adopting an amendment that permits the city to authorize a one‑year wind‑down for existing contracts to allow agencies to review and remove sensitive material from pre-existing footage.
The New Orleans City Council on Nov. 6 adopted an ordinance banning future agreements that would authorize reality-based television programming featuring city first responders and placed a one-year, limited exception to allow the closeout of already‑captured footage under strict conditions.
Council members had before them an ordinance (filed as part of calendar items) and a separate cooperative endeavor amendment to allow the mayor to execute an amendment to an existing…
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