how do crime documentary filmmakers get all their police footage?

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Audio of 911 calls…police body cam footage…police interview footage…crime scene photos…what, do filmmakers just call up the cops and say “Hey, I’m making a documentary” and the cops are like “sure thing, here’s all this stuff”?

I guess I don’t understand what’s in it for the cops to share. And is none of this stuff considered private?

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All of that tends to be public record, and you can also put in requests (Freedom of Information?) and they can be given out.

Hell, if you’re pulled over you can even request the bodycam footage from the local pd if you were curious.

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