NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that the NYPD will be investing heavily in body cameras over the next two years, and the entire force will have them by 2019’s end. This is quite an expense, with the cost being worth up to a quarter of a billion dollars over 14 years, but de Blasio says contributions are coming from both sides. The official policy draft for the cameras isn’t available yet, but last summer, a draft policy that circulated had some interesting stipulations. Per The Verge:
(Video) Body Cam At Work: Fleeing Suspect Drags Officer Clinging To Car
Ok, so now we get to see what these “Body Cams” can do. In this video, you can clearly see everything the suspect is doing in the vehicle. So we pretty much see what the officer sees before 23 year old, Brandon Adams, took off and dragged the cop with him! Check it out!
(Photos) Police Officer Fired For Failing To Turn On Body Camera During Fatal Shooting
Police Officer Fired For Failing To Turn On Body Camera, this might give us some light as to what could happen with cops using these body cameras. This year it a report(from the department of justice) stated that the Albuquerque police department was the worst in the country when it came to civil rights & excessive force, and forced that PD to wear body cameras. Back in April, while wearing a body camera, looks like police officer Jeremy Dear failed to turn on his body camera.
