Court briefs lay out arguments in Boulder lawsuit over fees for police body-cam footage
Are Colorado law enforcement agencies allowed to charge the public thousands of dollars for body-worn camera footage of incidents of alleged officer misconduct?
Law Enforcement Integrity Act
Judge: Lakewood police must disclose blurred body-cam footage of officers shooting and killing 17-year-old
A judge ordered the Lakewood Police Department to release blurred body-worn camera footage of officers shooting and killing a 17-year-old crime suspect in March 2023.
Wrap-up: Tally of open-government losses in 2024 Colorado legislative session could’ve been higher
It could have been worse. While open-government losses far outnumbered wins in the 2024 session of the Colorado General Assembly, the death of a burdensome Colorado Open Records Act bill in the closing days helped make the final tally a little less one-sided.
Proposed ban on fees for body-worn camera footage dies with law enforcement whistleblower bill
A proposal to ban the charging of fees for unedited body-worn camera footage, released to the public under the 2020 Law Enforcement Integrity Act, died when the Colorado House amended and then defeated a controversial whistleblower bill.
Provision in Colorado law enforcement bill restricts fees for body-worn camera footage
A bill narrowly passed by a Colorado House committee includes a provision that prohibits law enforcement agencies from charging fees for unedited body-worn camera footage released to the public under the 2020 Law Enforcement Integrity Act.
Yellow Scene lawsuit challenges $2,857 fee for body-cam footage of fatal Boulder police shooting
A lawsuit challenges the Boulder Police Department’s insistence that a news organization pay the city nearly $3,000 to get video of a 2023 fatal shooting of a 51-year-old woman by officers.
12 ways to improve Colorado’s open government laws
Lawmakers did not, however, tackle the No. 1 barrier to obtaining public records in Colorado — exorbitant fees. And that problem will only get worse on July 1, 2024, when inflation boosts the maximum-allowable hourly rate to process CORA requests from $33.58 to a whopping $40 or $41.