(The Center Square) – Obtaining body camera footage from the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office could soon cost a pretty penny under a fee proposed to the Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday.
Public Records Officer Tony Dinaro said the 78-cent fee per minute of redaction time is comparable to those charged by agencies across the state that have already implemented fees. An SCSO study found it takes five minutes of staff time to redact a minute of raw video for targeted redactions without audio.
Five minutes of footage from a single deputy could take about 25 minutes to redact, totaling $19.50 in fees. An incident lasting an hour or longer, with footage from multiple deputies, could result in substantial costs for the requester unless they’re a victim, witness, attorney, state official or appear in the video…