“I don’t think we’re at a place where we can believe the credibility of them implementing this policy when they were recently locking out the inspector general and saying they were accountable to themselves,” said Les Simmons, board member for Sacramento Area Congregations Together and member of the Build Black coalition.
Hampton said the department is in the process of purchasing redaction software and additional software to allow for more public video releases.
Hampton said he is not sure what the exact policy will be, and did not want to compare it to the one followed by the Sacramento Police Department, which now releases as a matter of routine all video in officer-involved shootings and other major incidents.
