The body camera issue
Our second-ever print edition accompanies our ongoing coverage of surveillance and transparency.
Act 253
Tone Madison‘s ongoing reporting on—and struggles with— a new Wisconsin law that hinders access to police body-camera footage.
Latest in Act 253
Madison enters the debate over redaction fees for police body-camera footage
A proposal would allow MPD to take advantage of a highly unusual chapter in Wisconsin's open-records law.
Between the lines, MPD’s body-cam study is kinda about redaction fees
A report estimates the cost of processing footage, but who will pay it?
Breaking down a Wisconsin police group’s absurd interpretation of Act 253
An open-records attorney's closer analysis of this "hasty and confusing attempt to restrict access to public records."
Our attorney and UWPD’s argue about body cams
Sort of, as “Tone Magazine” navigates Wisconsin’s new law hindering access to body-camera footage.
A reporter asked for body-camera footage. UW-Madison police threatened her with a fine.
A hands-on encounter with Wisconsin’s newest and most troublesome open-records law.
A new Wisconsin law undermines the transparency pitch for police body cameras
Act 253 contradicts open-records norms, and now it's time for law enforcement to put it to use.
Madison enters the debate over redaction fees for police body-camera footage
A proposal would allow MPD to take advantage of a highly unusual chapter in Wisconsin's open-records law.
Between the lines, MPD’s body-cam study is kinda about redaction fees
A report estimates the cost of processing footage, but who will pay it?
Breaking down a Wisconsin police group’s absurd interpretation of Act 253
An open-records attorney's closer analysis of this "hasty and confusing attempt to restrict access to public records."
Our attorney and UWPD’s argue about body cams
Sort of, as “Tone Magazine” navigates Wisconsin’s new law hindering access to body-camera footage.
A reporter asked for body-camera footage. UW-Madison police threatened her with a fine.
A hands-on encounter with Wisconsin’s newest and most troublesome open-records law.
A new Wisconsin law undermines the transparency pitch for police body cameras
Act 253 contradicts open-records norms, and now it's time for law enforcement to put it to use.