On the same day that media outlets urged the N.C. Supreme Court to take up two cases involving access to law enforcement recordings, the city of Graham asked the court to rule against media access to recordings in a third case.
Law enforcement agencies are not permitted to allow the viewing of custodial law enforcement agency recordings (CLEARs) absent compliance with court orders resulting from proceedings under G.S. ยง 132-1.4A. Subsection (f) thereof allows certain persons to ask to view CLEARs via the filing of a petition on a form from the Administrative Office of the .