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SJC sets limits on use of police body camera footage

SJC sets limits on use of police body camera footage

Video shot in home cannot be used for unrelated investigation

By Shira Schoenberg criminal justice 0 Comments Sep 12, 2021

AS THE MASSACHUSETTS Legislature continues to study how to regulate police-worn body cameras, the Supreme Judicial Court on Friday established legal limits on how body camera footage can be used. The court found that a police officer may record a police response in someone’s home using a body camera. But the police cannot then use(...)

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