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Critics of the bill worry that the people who interact most with police can't afford the new fees to monitor police officer behavior. But city legal staff hope the fees will incentivize people to more carefully craft public records requests because redacting confidential information takes so much time.

The South Bend Common Council expects to vote Monday night on a bill creating new fees, up to $150, for police dash and body cam videos that people request under the Indiana Access to Public Records Act.

South Bend Common Council Member Oliver Davis pushed for body cameras for more transparency in addressing police misconduct complaints, but he says many people who interact with police can't afford paying $50 an hour for video processing time.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State Police want to invest more than $2 million dollars into technology to livestream patrol car dashboard cameras…