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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>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”?

Exactly like this yes. Because most of that stuff was already submitted at evidence in trial. And once it has been it’s now public record. And yeah you can totally just…go up and ask for copies of material in the public record. You totally get to do that.

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