34 Criminal Cases Dismissed After Bodycam Footage Shows Police Planting Drugs

Dozens of cases have been dropped after a court reviewed footage recorded by a police body cam that appears to show an officer accidentally recording himself planting drugs while other officers look on.

The body cams used by these officers record video footage from 30 seconds before the officer presses the record button.

123 cases in total are under review with regards to this scandal.

One of the cases that was dismissed included a person who was the target of the drug plant and who has been in jail since January under $50k bail he could not post.

The video on YouTube

Pa. Supreme Court Rules Police Dashcam Videos Are Public

Exceptions must be decided on case-by-case basis. It was a 5-2 decision.

The Supreme Court's ruling upheld decisions by the Commonwealth Court and the state Office of Open Records that granted a Centre County woman's request for state police dashboard video camera recordings of a car crash in which her friend was involved.

Police Illegally Obtained Journalist's Phone Records Under New Metadata Program

The Australian Federal Police announced this week that they illegally obtained a journalist's phone records under the Turnbull government's new metadata retention plan.

The breach was accidental, according to the police, and happened as part of an investigation into a leak of police material.

The journalist was not notified about their data being accessed, due to the sensitive nature of the police work, AFP said.

"This was human error ... . There was no ill will or malice or bad intent by the officers involved who breached the Act. But simply it was a mistake."

AFP said their practices would now see "significant changes."