The Seattle City Council is currently looking into a program that would make police officers wear lapel-mounted body cameras that would record all the interactions
The Seattle City Council is currently looking into a program that would make police officers wear lapel-mounted body cameras that would record all the interactions between police and residents. It's an innovative idea that could help bridge the yawning chasm of trust between the public and the Seattle Police Department.
But the body-camera program will only work if the videos can be accessed by the press and public. And judging by the lawsuit levied against SPD over the video-camera footage it already collects, there's no reason to think that body-camera footage will be seen by anybody but whom the SPD (and occasionally the courts) say can see it.
between police and residents. It's an innovative idea that could help bridge the yawning chasm of trust between the public and the Seattle Police Department.
But the body-camera program will only work if the videos can be accessed by the press and public. And judging by the lawsuit levied against SPD over the video-camera footage it already collects, there's no reason to think that body-camera footage will be seen by anybody but whom the SPD (and occasionally the courts) say can see it.
They've lost 45,000 videos over the last three years ... probably just a mistake. Nothing to see here.
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