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Spokane County commissioners approve fee to cover redaction work on body‑worn camera videos
Summary
The Spokane County Board approved a fee schedule to recoup staff labor for statutorily required redactions of sheriff’s office body‑worn camera footage after a public hearing in which residents and accountability advocates urged the board to fund redaction through taxes instead of fees.
Spokane County commissioners voted unanimously to approve a fee schedule that will allow the county to charge third parties for staff time spent applying statutorily required redactions to sheriff’s office body‑worn camera recordings.
County staff told the board the fee is limited to the labor involved in applying redactions mandated by state law and does not cover staff time spent reviewing footage when no redactions are required. Staff cited the Public Records Act (RCW 42.56.240(14)) as authorizing recovery of those costs and said the county used a time study to calculate fees.
The county’s public records officer said stopwatch trials indicated it takes…
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