Resolution 1524RESOLUTION NO. 1524
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, ADOPTING FEES FOR STAFF
TIME TO REDACT EDMONDS POLICE DEPARTMENT
BODY WORN CAMERA VIDEO RECORDINGS REQUESTED
PURSUANT TO PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS
WHEREAS, the City of Edmonds Police Department implemented a Body Worn Camera
program m ___ eqmppmg ___ officers with said cameras; and
WHEREAS, body camera recordings are public records subject to disclosure per Chapter
42.56 Revised Code of Washington (the Public Records Act); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 42.56.240(14)(f)(i), law enforcement agencies are
permitted to charge requestors, not exempted under RCW 42.56.240(14)(e), the reasonable costs
of redacting body worn camera recordings prior to disclosure; and
WHEREAS, the Edmonds Police Department analyzed a 2018 City of Seattle Revised
Body Worn Video Redaction Study Narrative (Seattle Study) which determined the amount of
time it would take to redact body worn camera recordings; and
WHEREAS, the Seattle Study concluded that it takes ten minutes of staff time per minute
of raw footage for targeted video redaction (with or without audio redaction), five minutes of staff
time per minute of raw footage for targeted audio redaction alone, and one minute per segment of
raw footage for screen blur or screen blackout; and
WHEREAS, the Edmonds Police Department will adopt the Seattle Study time estimates
so that it can provide requestors with costs estimates for redacting body worn video recordings;
and
WHEREAS, the Edmonds Police Department employees several disclosure specialists that
are able to redact body worn camera recordings in response to public records requests; and
WHEREAS, the average per minute salary of the disclosure specialists is $0.77/minute and
this dollar amount will be used to calculate the actual body worn camera redaction fees that
Edmonds Police Department will charge requestors; and
WHEREAS, Edmonds will not be including the cost of redaction technology within its
fees; and
WHEREAS, the City Council would like to include the body worn camera redaction fees
within the city's fee schedule so that the city can recover the actual cost of staff time incurred to
redact body worn camera recordings in response to public records request as permitted by state
law;
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, HEREBY
RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Fee Schedule. The Edmonds Police Department will charge requestors
not exempted per RCW 42.56.240(14), the actual staff time cost incurred for
redacting body worn video recordings at a rate of $0.77 per minute and will use the
Seattle Study to provide cost estimates to requestors.
RESOLVED this 18th day of July, 2023.
ATTEST:
~ASSEY
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK:
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
RESOLUTION NO.
July 14, 2023
July 18, 2023
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, MIKE NELSON