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Originally Posted by jtdavis:

 Hi says:  "I hope body cameras become standard issue as they are more often used against the criminals and helps keep the 1% bad apple officers in check."

  

And JT responds: "Hi, I have wished for body cameras, and if an officer has trouble with his camera each time there is a complaint, check him out. 1% bad apples, maybe its that high. the bad apples will tend to seek each other out, and will make the whole bunch look bad. If a body camera would have been in use in Ferguson, it may not have changed the outcome, but the truth would be known.

When you're on the highway and pass or meet 500 trucks, then 1 drives bad, you are mad at the whole bunch. It's the same way with police."

 

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I, too, want body cameras but not for the reason y'all do ~ not that that isn't a good reason. It is.  But to think body cameras will deter criminal activity is to say a "Stop & Rob" is safe because of security cameras.  My reason falls under the category of "Be careful what you ask for."

 

I want the world to see the a-holes that  99% of the cops have to deal with.

 

 

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February 9, 2011

 

Moulton police officers to get clip-on cameras

 

http://www.moultonadvertiser.c...f5-43185e67cf8c.html

 

An excerpt:

 

"If you interact with a Moulton police officer in the near future, you may be on camera.

         

At a work session Monday night, the Moulton City Council heard a request from Police Chief Lyndon McWhorter to purchase “clip-on cameras” for his officers, and council members indicated they will approve the purchases.

 

The cameras are about two inches long and come with a clip so officers can wear them on the front of their uniform. They can record up to four hours of video.

 

McWhorter said the cameras would be good to record evidence when, for example, officers go into a domestic violence scene, or when conducting interviews with suspects. City officers already have in-car cameras.

 

McWhorter said he plans to purchase one for all 11 officers. The cameras are around $125 - $150 each, the chief said. The cameras will be purchased out of a fund that contains money seized in drug arrests."

 

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I don't know if they've got them.

 

As a footnote, as one who was one of the first in the state to implement the use of video back when the cameras had to be "white" balanced, I can tell you for a fact they will dispel a lot of bogus complaints.  Most officers who regularly interact with society's scum are going to be the target of many complaints.  Video takes the "he said, she said" out of it.

 

This whole discussion reminds me of an episode of cops from a few years back. A trooper was chasing three motorcycles, one of them crashed, one of the other riders came back and tried to blame the LEO for his drunk friends wreck. While he was putting cuffs on the idiot that came back,  he was able to tell him he had the whole thing on video, the drunk shut up.
 
Originally Posted by mad American:
This whole discussion reminds me of an episode of cops from a few years back. A trooper was chasing three motorcycles, one of them crashed, one of the other riders came back and tried to blame the LEO for his drunk friends wreck. While he was putting cuffs on the idiot that came back,  he was able to tell him he had the whole thing on video, the drunk shut up.
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There was this time I was administrating breath testing.  It was being videoed and I began the procedure by advising the DUI arrestee of that fact.  The drunk responded by "shooting the bird" at the camera, saying "This is for the judge."  That was followed by several pelvic thrusts and "This is for the judge's momma."
I played it for the judge who passed two sentences:  One for the judge.  Another for his momma.
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12-21-2014

 

Police Officer Charlie Kondek was shot and killed while responding to a noise complaint call at 199 Grand Boulevard.
Residents of an apartment complex had called police because a man who had been knocking on apartment doors at approximately 2:00 am. When Officer Kondek arrived at the scene he was shot by the subject.
The man then fled in a vehicle but was apprehended a short distance away after crashing into a utility pole and parked car.
Officer Kondek had served with the Tarpon Springs Police Department for 17 years and had previously served with the New York City Police Department for five years. He is survived by his wife and five children.

Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:

Chief of Police Robert Kochen Tarpon Springs Police Department 444 S Huey Avenue Tarpon Springs, FL 34689


Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/22...kondek#ixzz3Max3xQzm

 

Originally Posted by Bestworking:

I doubt body cameras will make a difference, because the pity of it, they will say the police altered the video, even though they know better.

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As I said it would be. Surveillance tape shows antonia martin raising and aiming his gun at the cop that shot and killed him, and the so called 'protestors' are ignoring it.

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