Police bodycams were meant to deliver transparency, but in Pennsylvania, Act 22 makes that promise harder to keep.
This is an important win not just for LNP but for the promise of transparency in the Commonwealth,” said RCFP Staff Attorney ...
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Local Legal Initiative Attorney Paul McAdoo is representing a Tennessee news ...
Represented by an RCFP attorney, the news outlets argue that the restrictions violate state rules governing access to ...
Journalist Marisa Kabas, who has reported on the takeover, submitted a public records request to the MPD for body-worn camera ...
Attorneys at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press regularly provide free legal vetting, or pre-publication review ...
Journalist Maya Lau, co-represented by RCFP attorneys, sued LA County for unlawfully investigating her in retaliation for her reporting about police misconduct.
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press monitors subpoenas and other legal threats targeting journalists, and helps those facing government attempts to force them to testify about or disclose ...
A growing consensus of courts have recognized a constitutional right to record government officials engaged in their duties in a public place. This First Amendment right to record generally ...
AS 12.65.020 provides that the state medical examiner may perform a post-mortem examination, including an autopsy, necessary to make a proper determination of the cause of death and to complete the ...
Alaska Although compliance by law enforcement agencies is uneven, 911 tapes should be presumptively disclosable under the Public Records Act. The Legislature has considered a bill that would exempt ...