"I cannot speak for any of the other agencies you highlighted in your email, but at JSO we work diligently to balance the importance of releasing that info with all the prevailing laws and contract rules. We rely on the expertise of our attorneys to guide us on these matters. While videos from inside the jail are confidential by Florida law, the Sheriff has the statutory authority, under certain circumstances, to release information if doing so would further the agency’s accomplishment of its official duties and responsibilities. For example, in our announcement of the arrest of an officer (Borisade), our leadership determined that releasing the video related to those criminal charges was legally authorized and appropriate, given the specific facts and context of that matter. The circumstances regarding that criminal matter and this civil litigation are not at all the same.”

At 6 @ActionNewsJax: City of #Jax & #JSO deny family's request to publicly release jailhouse video of what led to inmate Paul Testa's death pic.twitter.com/UZklFfQD1Y — Jenna Bourne (@jennaANjax) July 28, 2017