12-01-2014, 12:35 PM
I expanded the title of your thread, Gunnar, so we could jump off what you started across cases and for general body cam discussion.
Since you started this thread, many police departments across the country have started testing and/or rolling out police lapel or body cameras. The adoption of body cam requirements is supported by some Law Enforcement organizations and the ACLU.
In the wake of the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, Brown's parents have asked US citizens to support expedited adoption of police body cams across the country.
From what I've researched, the body cams have thus far been a benefit to LE, both for defending officers' actions in contested shootings and as training opportunities.
I'm interested in what others here think -- there are a lot of people who apparently don't support required body cams for police officers.
This may be considered Graphic by some -- forewarning -- it shows an officer shooting a 64-year-old Akron man to death at a routine traffic stop last year. No blood or injuries shown.
The gun that the man reportedly pulled (hard to see it in the body cam video footage) turned out to be a bebe gun. The Akron University police officer was not charged -- the prosecutor used the video to determine that the shooting was justified because the officer followed his police training when he saw what he thought was a real gun.
Of course, that leads to questions as to whether the training is appropriate. The man, James Genda, was shot 15 times point blank from the driver's side window of his car. His daughter cannot understand why the officer had to unload his gun. Do (collective) you?
Since you started this thread, many police departments across the country have started testing and/or rolling out police lapel or body cameras. The adoption of body cam requirements is supported by some Law Enforcement organizations and the ACLU.
In the wake of the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, Brown's parents have asked US citizens to support expedited adoption of police body cams across the country.
From what I've researched, the body cams have thus far been a benefit to LE, both for defending officers' actions in contested shootings and as training opportunities.
I'm interested in what others here think -- there are a lot of people who apparently don't support required body cams for police officers.
This may be considered Graphic by some -- forewarning -- it shows an officer shooting a 64-year-old Akron man to death at a routine traffic stop last year. No blood or injuries shown.
The gun that the man reportedly pulled (hard to see it in the body cam video footage) turned out to be a bebe gun. The Akron University police officer was not charged -- the prosecutor used the video to determine that the shooting was justified because the officer followed his police training when he saw what he thought was a real gun.
Of course, that leads to questions as to whether the training is appropriate. The man, James Genda, was shot 15 times point blank from the driver's side window of his car. His daughter cannot understand why the officer had to unload his gun. Do (collective) you?