Winston-Salem asking for police bodycam law change
(WorldNews Politics)

The city manager, council and members of the Citizen Police Review Board would get the right to view police body camera footage, under one of the legislative proposals the Winston-Salem City Council wants the N.C. General Assembly to enact. On Monday, the council passed wish lists of legislation at both the state and federal levels that the city would like to see passed. Under current North Carolina law, police bodycam footage can be released only on the order of a court. The legislation the city wants passed is similar to a bill filed in 2019 by Forsyth County`s two senators in the N.C. General Assembly, Joyce Krawiec and Paul Lowe. That bill never made it out of committee. Last summer, a...