911 confidential.

• Position: STATELINE - Brief article

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North Dakota may be the next state to restrict public releases of 911 recordings. Representative Lawrence Klemin has introduced a bill that would bar public disclosure of a 911 recording or transcript unless the caller agrees to its release. Current law treats 911 recordings as public records. "We aren't allowed to grab people's medical records, but yet we can grab their entire life in a brief moment of time and make them listen to it over and over and over again," Representative Todd Porter told the Associated Press. Newspapers and broadcasters in the state oppose any...