The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association lawsuit contesting the manner in which the NYPD is releasing body-camera footage throws a spotlight on several difficult questions.
The most-basic one concerns the union’s claim that such footage constitutes a personnel record for the officers involved, and as such should be barred from public airing by Section 50-a of the state Civil Rights Law. City attorneys disagree, and their case is buttressed by the opinion of Arnie Kriss, a former NYPD Deputy Commissioner for Trials who is also a former prosecutor.
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