re: #115 Targetpractice

Which would suggest a need for a strict set of rules on who can access the footage and accountability for its release outside the confines of the department. I’m not going to say that restricting access will prevent “leaks,” but I will say that knowing who could have had access and when will them more costly. If a guy in records could lose not only his job and his pension, but spend time behind bars for “leaking” video, he might not be so inclined to take part in a smear job.

Quick and dirty idea: put cameras on a two-week loop, so it’s overwritten automatically unless it’s uploaded. Require some sort of special administrative procedure to save anything by uploading it, and a warrant to examine it (unless everyone filmed consents to have it seen).

Plus penalties like what you describe.