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Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone (www.404media.co)
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A Washington judge said images taken by Flock cameras are "not exempt from disclosure" in public record requests.

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[–] 30 points 11 months ago (1 child)

FOA requests are no where near real time and also cost $ to request. They are also not automated. Real government employees will be assigned your request to approve/deny, determine cost, request and receive payment, and then fulfill. This usually takes months or years.

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  • [–] 24 points 11 months ago

    That may be true, but Washington has the Public Records Act which says they have to respond in 5 days and can't take longer than a year to provide the documents, and have fines large enough for some people to make a living setting people up for public records lawsuits.

    So in Washington, at least, there actually is some accountability.

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