Police Body Cameras

From NorthEscambia.com

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A Senate panel on Tuesday approved a bill that would require law-enforcement agencies to establish policies for the proper use of body cameras if the agencies allow officers to wear the devices. The City of Pensacola is one of just 13 Florida police departments currently using the cameras, with nine other departments testing their use.

The Senate Criminal Justice Committee unanimously passed the measure (SPB 7080), which would require law-enforcement agencies to establish policies and procedures addressing the proper use, maintenance and storage of body cameras and the data they record.

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I hate that public monies (our taxes) are being spent to buy these things, public monies being spent to archive the videos, and that some departments nationwide are treating all video as personal... not to be released to the public.  

Huh?



It is inconceivable that departments can do this.  Sure, some videos should not be released to the public, most notably where it involves minors or where accidental nudity is involved, but to have a blanket policy that all this recorded video is "personal" just blows my mind.

My suspicious nature makes me think that the videos will only be released when the videos exonerate LEO wrongdoing.

You're likely right... but something has to be done to reel in the police overreach.

Including the practice of harassing the public taking video.

I'm thinkin' that most of our politicians need the same apparatuses installed on them and the info is downloaded into two different mainframes in two different locations so the info isn't deleted or "Oh the hard drive was destroyed". That way all those 'closed sessions' are recorded for posterity and will be available for public perusal when there's an incident involving said public official.

*****CHUCKLE*****

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YvAYIJSSZY

I like where this is going... coming soon to politicians near you!

Damaged Eagle wrote:

I'm thinkin' that most of our politicians need the same apparatuses installed on them and the info is downloaded into two different mainframes in two different locations so the info isn't deleted or "Oh the hard drive was destroyed". That way all those 'closed sessions' are recorded for posterity and will be available for public perusal when there's an incident involving said public official.

*****CHUCKLE*****

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YvAYIJSSZY

Wouldn't that be some interesting viewing!...Although they're caught in lies and even with video that doesn't faze them even a little...

Somebody would invent a personal EMP device that would "just happened to go off" and kill the PoliticianCam just before that all-important meeting with a constituent that was carrying envelopes stuffed with cash.

A typical politician. This zoom-out sequence tells volumes.