Law enforcement officers viewing or photographing during investigations or in prisons for security not an invasion of privacy
This law says that police and prison workers are allowed to watch, photograph, or film people as part of their job. They can do this when investigating a crime, or when keeping a prison or jail safe, or when looking into bad behavior by someone locked up. Doing these things does not count as invading someone's privacy under Missouri law.
565.257. Law officers viewing or photographing during investigations or in prisons for not an invasion of privacy. — The of sections 565.250* to 565.257 shall not apply to:
(1) Viewing, photographing or filming by law enforcement officers during a lawful criminal investigation;
(2) Viewing, photographing or filming by law enforcement officers or by personnel of the or of a local jail or for security purposes or during investigation of alleged by a person in the of the department of corrections or the local jail or correctional facility.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1995 H.B. 160 § 1 subsec. 5) *Section 565.250 was repealed by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17.
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