09/22/2026
Public records teams, tell us if this sounds a little too familiar...
It’s 3 PM on a Thursday afternoon. You are halfway through a public records request, and there are still hundreds of pages left to review, hours of video to get through, and a deadline that isn’t moving.
A few things start to happen:
1. It can take over your entire week.
What looked manageable quickly turns into hours and hours of reviewing files, while everything else in the queue just keeps piling up.
2. You can’t exactly “just go faster.”
A missed name, face, license plate, or other sensitive information can matter. Accuracy still has to come first, even when the clock is working against you.
3. The quickest workaround isn’t always the safest one.
Especially in law enforcement, sensitive information needs to be handled with the utmost security throughout the redaction process. When deadlines are tight, cutting corners isn’t an option.
4. Clearing the request doesn’t clear the queue.
Finish this one and there’s a good chance another is already waiting.
That’s the problem with relying heavily on manual redaction: as request volumes grow, the workload grows with them. Automating the repetitive parts of redaction can help teams work through larger volumes securely while keeping people in control of the final review to ensure timely compliance.
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