Anonymous programmer helps revive Seattle’s police body cam program

The police aren’t often fond of publishing body camera and dashcam footage online, but not necessarily for nefarious reasons, the volume of privacy-focused video editing they require can prove overwhelming. In Seattle, for example, a flood of public disclosure requests from an anonymous programmer risked scuttling a body cam trial run before it got off the ground. However, that one-time antagonist is now coming to the city’s rescue. The man has agreed to help Seattle’s police department publish video by showing them how to quickly redact clips and get them online.