Make rules for access to police body-cam recordings public

A simple bill requiring transparency in public access to police body-camera recordings is sailing through the state Legislature — and should continue to do so.
Assembly Bill 748, by Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, has won unanimous approval from the Public Safety and Judiciary committees, sending it on to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
Ting’s bill requires any law enforcement agency in the state whose officers use body-worn cameras to develop a policy that sets forth