LAT: LAPD would delete nearly 12 million body camera videos under proposed policy change

LAT: LAPD would delete nearly 12 million body camera videos under proposed policy change by Libor Jany (“The Los Angeles Police Department is seeking a policy change that would allow millions of videos collected from officers’ body-worn and dashboard-mounted cameras to be deleted, leaving oversight officials worried that useful footage might be lost in the purge. In a presentation to the Board of Police Commissioners on Tuesday, the LAPD’s chief information officer, John Furay, detailed new data retention guidelines that would allow certain footage to be destroyed after five years. Exceptions would be made for videos from all police shootings, as well as any potential evidence in a court case or internal investigation.”)