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AI REDACTION BECOMES ESSENTIAL FOR CALIFORNIA POLICE AMID NEW BODY-CAM LEGISLATION
AI REDACTION BECOMES ESSENTIAL FOR CALIFORNIA POLICE AMID NEW BODY-CAM LEGISLATION WHITE PAPERCopyright © 2020 Veritone, Inc. All rights reserved. 2 The passage of California Assembly Bill 7 48 (AB- 7 48) [i] has clamped California’s law- enforcement agencies in a vise, squeezing them between conflicting mandates for rapid transparency and privacy protection. Simply put, AB-748 requires police to release audio & video captured during critical incidents within just 45 days of a request bypublic or other organizations. However, before such video footage is released, it must be redacted, removing any content that might divulge the identity of innocent people. Manual redaction processes require extensive manpower and expertise to review each frame and make edits, such as ob