I'd say it should only be public when used as part of a court case (introduced as evidence by either party), with the juries instructed that they may draw adver

I'd say it should only be public when used as part of a court case (introduced as evidence by either party), with the juries instructed that they may draw adverse inferences if the video goes missing for any reason (i.e. losing the tape is automatically suspect). The rest of the time it should be kept and unwatched. Ideally, I also think it would be best if everyone had to give sworn statements before they knew what was or wasn't on video (so nobody gets to change stories to match...) and that the video was stored, archived, etc. by an outside agency that doesn't answer to either party. But I wonder how much of that they'd be able to accomplish.