An appeals-court judge last week blocked the NYPD from releasing body-camera footage until the entire Appellate Division can hear the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association’s argument that the videos are actually personnel records that under state law may not be made public without court approval.
The PBA sued in January to stop release of the footage, contending that the Police Department in making it public was risking the safety of officers in return for political gain. State Supreme Court Justice Shlomo Hagler rejected the suit at the beginning of this month.
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