Unfiltered Body Camera Footage — Obtained Through Public Records Law, Published in the Public Interest
Statewide Safety files public records requests with law enforcement agencies across the United States to obtain body camera footage that would otherwise remain buried in agency archives. Every video we publish represents a records request fulfilled, a transparency obligation met, and a community's right to know honored. With over 110 million views and a growing audience of more than 100,000 subscribers, our reporting reaches one of the largest audiences in independent law enforcement accountability journalism.
How We Obtain Footage: Florida's Sunshine Law Explained
Florida's public records law is among the broadest in the country. Every body camera recording made by a law enforcement officer is a public record — and Statewide Safety requests them systematically to ensure public access.
Why Unedited Footage Is the Only Footage That Matters
Departmental press releases describe incidents favorably. Body camera footage shows what actually happened. Our commitment is to release footage without editorial cuts so the public can judge for themselves.
From Miami to Manchester: Records Requests Spanning 30+ States
Statewide Safety has filed public records requests with agencies in Florida, Texas, California, Ohio, Maryland, Washington, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and beyond — including one international agency in the UK.
Recent Video Reports
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Transparency Through Public Records Reporting
Statewide Safety is an independent digital news organization committed to law enforcement accountability across the United States. Through diligent public records requests filed under Florida's Government-in-the-Sunshine Law, the federal Freedom of Information Act, and equivalent statutes in dozens of other states, we obtain and publish body camera footage that documents law enforcement encounters with the public.
Our reporting serves a clear public interest: providing communities with unfiltered access to footage that agencies are legally required to release. Every record we obtain is a transparency obligation fulfilled. Every video we publish is documentation that would otherwise sit unseen in an agency archive.
We publish 3 to 4 video reports per week to our YouTube channel, where over 100,000 subscribers and 110 million total views demonstrate the scale of public demand for this kind of accountability journalism.
Watch Our Coverage →As a digital media organization, Statewide Safety exercises rights under applicable public records laws to obtain footage and reporting materials. We assert media status in all records requests, consistent with the intent of state and federal transparency statutes, and qualify for media fee waivers and expedited processing in jurisdictions that provide for them.
Records custodians and public information officers with questions about our media status are welcome to contact our Records Division directly at contact@statewidesafety.org.
Agencies We Have Requested From
Statewide Safety has filed public records requests with the following law enforcement agencies across the United States and beyond.
From the Newsroom
Inside a FOIA Request: How We Obtained Footage From Dallas PD SWAT
When Statewide Safety filed a public records request with the Dallas PD's SWAT division, Dallas complied — and what the body cameras captured was a detailed, unfiltered look at how tactical law enforcement operates, and where it can go wrong.
Read Full Article →30 States, One Mission: The Scale of Our Public Records Operation
Most news outlets file records requests reactively. Statewide Safety files proactively and systematically across more than 30 states — from small county sheriff's offices to major metropolitan departments and federal task forces.
Read Full Article →What "Media Status" Actually Means — And Why It Matters for Accountability Journalism
When Statewide Safety identifies itself as a digital news organization in a records request, that is a legally meaningful assertion — one that affects fees, timelines, and the balance of power between the public and the agencies that serve them.
Read Full Article →Records Request Information
For law enforcement agencies, public records custodians, and public information officers receiving a request from Statewide Safety.
About Our Requests
Statewide Safety files public records requests with law enforcement agencies across the United States under applicable state public records statutes and the federal Freedom of Information Act. All requests are submitted in good faith with intent to publish in the public interest.
Our Media Status
- Florida Government-in-the-Sunshine Law (§ 119)
- Federal FOIA — 5 U.S.C. § 552
- Texas Public Information Act
- Ohio Public Records Act
- California Public Records Act
- Washington State Public Records Act
- Equivalent statutes in 30+ additional states
For Records Custodians
If your agency has received a request from Statewide Safety and has questions, contact our Records Division directly.
- We respond promptly to all agency correspondence
- We provide documentation of our organization upon request
- We work with agencies on reasonable production timelines
- We comply with all lawful redaction requirements
- We do not publish records that are lawfully exempt
Dissemination & Public Interest
Records obtained are published to youtube.com/@Police-Boss and statewidesafety.org. Our audience of 100,000+ subscribers and 110M+ views is publicly verifiable.
Contact Our Records Division
All public records correspondence and media inquiries:
contact@statewidesafety.org
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Statewide Safety LLC is a limited liability company registered in Wyoming (Filing ID: 2025-001709821), operating as an independent digital news organization under applicable state and federal public records statutes.
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