Colorado proposes bill supporting photographers who record police
15 Apr 2015 • dpreview.comColorado, U.S. state legislatures have introduced a new bill that, if signed into law, will prevent law enforcement officers from interfering with citizens who are photographing or recording police activity. It is House Bill 15-1290, and it comes at a time when Texas has proposed its own bill on the topic, but with a draconian slant: it penalizes citizens that film or photograph police actions within 25 feet of the incident.
Colorado’s new bill was introduced this month, and if it goes through, it will enable citizens to partake in police oversight by way of photography and video recordings. According to the bill, a police officer cannot destroy a recording, interfere with a recording, or seize it without consent or a warrant.
Go Colorado.