When so much about politics is partisan, one might expect a topic like police body cameras to be contentious, particularly as it relates to public access to recordings.
But proposed state legislation to regulate the use of these cameras was approved by nine of the 10 members of the legislative committee that produced it, and received unanimous support from the bipartisan Joint Legislative Council. The bill is now working its way through the Legislature.
Your Right to Know: Are officials giving out too much information?
By Bill Lueders, president, Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council The nonprofit group I belong to is called the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council. Our mission is to protect and expand access to public records. Usually this entails pushing state and local government officials to be as open as possible. But lately, a number of developments […]