Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is evaluating whether he wants to sign a bill into law that could charge the public hundreds of dollars for footage from law enforcement agencies, including body cameras.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is evaluating whether he wants to sign a bill into law that could charge the public hundreds of dollars for footage from law enforcement agencies, including body cameras.
Only fair if they are paying $1.00 for the DVD it is written to.
These records could be posted online for download for free*.
Who the fuck it’s paying a whole dollar per dvd these days?
DVD media, a case, and the labor to load it into a burner probably averages out to a buck.
You don’t get to include the labor. They’re a public employee whose labor is already paid for by the public.
DVDs are < $25/100 and paper envelope cases are $30/1000 so about $.28/dvd fully packaged.
You should see what the cost used to be for court reporter transcripts.