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"A Utah police officer [Jeff Payne] who was caught on video roughly handcuffing a nurse because she refused to allow a blood draw was fired Tuesday in a case that became a flashpoint in the ongoing national conversation about police use of force."
Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown made the decision after an internal investigation found evidence Detective Jeff Payne violated department policies when he arrested nurse Alex Wubbels and dragged her out of the hospital as she screamed on July 26, said Sgt. Brandon Shearer, a spokesman for the department.
Attorney Greg Skordas has said Payne served the department well for nearly three decades and questioned whether his behavior warranted termination. He couldn't immediately be reached for comment Tuesday.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 12 2017, @02:51PM
> The bodycam videos mades by police officers are typically considered to be public records
Public records are not necessarily in the public domain.
> and subject to state FOIA laws [rcfp.org] (alt [google.com]).
"Because only a few states have passed state-wide rules regarding public access to BWC footage, most police departments are left to determine their own rules," says that page.
The policy [rcfp.org] adopted by the Salt Lake City police says:
> And someone paid taxes for that employee to make that video in the course of their duties.
That doesn't necessarily mean it's in the public domain. You can see on the utah.gov website that the state asserts copyright: "Copyright © 2017 State of Utah - All rights reserved."