The Colorado Court of Appeals issued its opinion in SMB Advertising, Inc. v. City of Boulder, ruling that Colorado’s Law Enforcement Integrity Act does not permit agencies to charge fees as a condition of releasing body-worn camera footage depicting possible misconduct by police officers.
A division of the court of appeals addressed the interplay between the Enhance Law Enforcement Integrity Act (Integrity Act), which requires law enforcement agencies to “release, upon request, all unedited video and audio recordings . . . within twenty-one days” for “all incidents in which there is a complaint of peace officer misconduct,” § 24-31-902(2)(a), C.R.S. 2025, and the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act, which allows a criminal justice agency discretion to “assess reasonable fees . . . for the search,
retrieval, and redaction of criminal justice records.” § 24-72-306(1), C.R.S. 2025.
Read the entire opinion here.