State ex rel. GateHouse Media Ohio Holdings II, Inc. v. Columbus Police Dept.

Summary

The court denied GateHouse Media’s mandamus request for unredacted bodycam and dashcam footage from a police shootout. It held that the two officers targeted during the incident were crime victims under Marsy’s Law, making their identifying information subject to redaction under the Victim Privacy Law and exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act. The court also rejected the claimed generalized constitutional right of access because the specific constitutional protection for victim privacy controlled.