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Who uses body cameras in Stevens County?

What we do not know

Stevens County Sheriff

  • How long redacting an hour of body camera footage actually takes in this office, which is what turns an hourly rate into a price.
  • What the camera vendor is, and what the RCW 10.109 policy says about activation, retention and release.
  • How many body camera records requests this county has received since October 2023, and what the average bill was.
  • Whether the 35 cameras the federal award covers are all deployed.

What body cameras are

A camera worn by an officer, recording encounters with the public. What it captures, how long the footage is kept and who may watch it are set by department policy rather than by one statewide rule.

How they work, why agencies buy them, and every county we have documented →

What you can do

Civic action

Show up

This technology is bought and renewed by boards, councils and committees that meet in public. We have not yet confirmed where each of them meets in Stevens County.

Go to the Stevens County hub →

Personal protection

Protect yourself

Practical steps to shrink your personal data trail. Our guides publish at launch; until then, EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense is the best starting point.

Surveillance Self-Defense ↗