3. Records retention and public records.

   Security camera video footage and audio recording, if any, of the courtroom may be retained by law enforcement for a period of time agreed upon by the judges and law enforcement or as determined by the technical limitations of the system. The custody of the video and audio recordings belongs to the county and may be a public record subject to the Public Records Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-712 et seq. Any request for video footage and/or audio recording should be made to the proper custodian for the county.

   If an attorney is conducting business with a client, a judge in the courtroom is having a private conversation with attorneys or others, or a hearing is closed to the public, any security system audio shall remain private and shall not be disclosed. Use of real-time publicly available livestreaming of the video and/or audio of the security system is strongly discouraged. 

Approved November 26, 2025, effective January 1, 2026.