Wasn't there a band in the UK that used a law that allowed them to request footage of themselves from surveillance to make a music video?

I suppose the nuance I did not elaborate on is the proliferation of private surveillance that is shared with cops. I vaguely recall something about Amazon doing a backroom deal to give the gov unwarranted access to private Amazon Ring cams, which is not something the general public can access.

In the context of my dream law, police failing to use their Ring access to protect victims would have to lead to loss of access to the cams.

When it comes to surveillance, the two characteristics are inseparable. That is, law enforcement /will/ abuse it while pitching the most seemingly legit cover story which is rarely the real purpose of the surveillance.

It’s always a matter of envisioning how it will be abused and working out whether it’s an acceptable evil compared to the likeliness of the legit use. IMO the answer is usually no, sadly enough. Snowden has put on display that surveillance users are in fact criminals themselves as they violate warrants and any kind of checks and balances.

There does not seem to ever be a realistic option to give cops a tool and expect it to only be used responsibly.