DC Police to Start Wearing Body Cameras

[Judi Lynn]

Source: ABC News

DC Police to Start Wearing Body Cameras
WASHINGTON — Sep 24, 2014, 3:18 PM ET

More than 160 District of Columbia police officers will wear cameras that record them performing their duties as part of a six-month pilot program.

Police Chief Cathy Lanier said Wednesday that the cameras would enhance safety for officers and the public and make internal investigations more efficient.

She says she hopes to expand the program to the entire department within three years.

A handful of police departments around the country have started giving officers wearable cameras, and Lanier said she's received positive feedback from other police chiefs.

The pilot program will cost $1 million.

Lanier says supervisors who investigate complaints against officers will be able to use the videos to look at what happened at the scene of an arrest or traffic stop. The city's police union also supports the camera program.


Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/dc-police-start-wearing-body-cameras-25735057

[Uncle Joe]

1. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Judi Lynn.

[blkmusclmachine]

2. Cameras, cameras everywhere. And yet the misdeeds keep on rolling right along.

[Helen Borg]

3. It'll be like with dash cams...

They will find a little trick to disable them or making them useless.

[A Little Weird]

4. Every police department should do this

Maybe they can sell their MRAPs for scrap and use the money to buy cameras. Win-win.