Police cameras

Over the past few years, police departments across the country have grappled with what to do when a video in their possession captures the use of deadly force by a police officer. After 12-year-old Tamir Rice was killed by a Cleveland police officer in 2014, the city of Cleveland initially withheld footage from a public surveillance camera on the city-owned Cudell Recreation Center.

The Ohio Supreme Court says – with few exceptions – footage from police dash-cams are public records. A unanimous state high court ruled today (Tuesday)…