FL4: Parkland school shooting videos obtained by SW subject to state FOIA

After the Parkland FL school shooting, police got a search warrant for all the school video. The news media then made a public records request for it all, which the court found reasonable. “The evidence presented by the Media establishes that different sources tell different stories about the first responders’ conduct. The footage itself would reveal if the first responders rushed into Building 12 to confront the active shooter, formed a perimeter, or hid in stairwells and behind their vehicles for an unreasonable length of time. [¶] The Media established good cause because the footage reveals the conduct of public servants ‘discharging their assigned duties and responsibilities.’ Cannella, 438 So. 2d at 521. In addition, the footage provides insight into how Douglas’s security ‘net,’ including the use of 70 unmonitored and possibly time-delayed cameras, failed to protect the students and staff on February 14.” State Attorney’s Office of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit v. CNN, Inc., 2018 Fla. App. LEXIS 10393 (Fla. 4th DCA July 25, 2018).