LAKEMORE — Requesting body-worn and dash camera footage of Lakemore Village Police calls could now cost those requesting the footage a bit more.
In response to a recently passed state law, village Council May 5 approved an amendment to the employee policies and procedures manual to allow for the charge of $75 per hour for the time spent retrieving, downloading, reviewing, redacting and producing the footage, with a cap of $750 per request.
Ohio HB 315 — which was signed into law Jan. 2 and goes into effect April 2 — is aimed at helping law enforcement agencies recoup the rising costs of processing public records requests. Law enforcement officials in Ohio have indicated many of these requests are from social media groups seeking dash cam and body camera footage related to specific types of calls…