SEATTLE — The plan was threatened after a local man submitted a long list of public disclosure requests.
The man who forced two Kitsap police departments to rethink their decision on body cameras will sit down with the Seattle Police Department.
Using public records laws, the anonymous man requested thousands of hours of police videos.
Police said complying with his requests would have been very difficult.
He's since canceled his request, but it was enough to get Poulsbo and Bremerton police to scrap their body cameras.
He agreed to talk only to KIRO 7 without showing his face or name.
“Just because you interact with government, doesn't mean that all your personal information should be given out, just because they asked for it,” he said.
Most police videos are not automatically redacted, and manually editing them costs hundreds of lost hours for officers.
Seattle police will meet with the man Friday to discuss how they can improve their program.
The SPD’s body camera testing could start in early December.
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