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Ohio Cops Are Reading the Body Camera Fee Law Wrong.

Ohio Cops Are Reading the Body Camera Fee Law Wrong.21 Jul10 min

Send us Fan Mail Garrettsville PD billed me $225 for body camera footage. Their own CAD records show approximately 57 minutes of combined on-scene time across both incidents. Ohio Revised Code 149.43(B)(1) caps body camera fees at $75 per hour of video produced — not per hour of labor, not per hour of staff time. Per hour of video produced. At that rate, 57 minutes of footage has a maximum lawful fee of about $71.25. I was charged $225. Before anything els...