Court Judge Rules Flock Safety camera data is not exempt from PRA [WA State]
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·November 9, 2025Arrath
Good, such records shouldn't be exempt. So what if they were gathered by a third party, it was a service carried out under request of the local government/law enforcement, and paid for by public money.
p_ing
Full title too long for HN: Court denies request that it find Flock Safety camera data is exempt from Public Records Act
exmadscientist
Anyone have or know how to dig up the opinion? It looks like (but I'm not sure that) this is Skagit County Superior Court case number 252007173, but that doesn't seem to get me very far.
c420
Gonna need to contact the county clerk. Using https://www.courts.wa.gov/index.cfm?fa=home.contentDisplay&l... and entering superior court and the county then the case number returns "Status: Archived No Docket Info" for both plaintiffs and the defendant.
CalChris
No paywall article.
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/judge-denies-request-to-exemp...
foundart
with a better headline: "Judge denies request to exempt Flock footage from Public Records Act"
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/us/melodee-buzzard-missing-se...
How was all of this data gathered without being a violation?