This push, which almost all think is a good idea, will u,time tell fail, because of all the requests to open the videos to the public. If the law can be changed to limit the release of these videos to only hose cases involving legit court cases, then it has a chance to work. Some idiots just want ALL the data so they can out it up on ad supported sites, so anyone can see the entire video. People’s privacy be damned.
As I remarked in an earlier thread, this has already begun in Missouri. A local agency has been sued under Freedom of Infornation Act/Sunshine Laws to release all videos so that they can be examined for entertaining YouTube purposes. The police estimate it will take three full-time employees to comply with the requests. Result: the cameras are being removed, even though the police like them.