body cameras
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Baltimore Police Busted Yet Again For Staging Body Cam Footage
On Thursday, the Baltimore Police Department released the third of three videos since July that have raised accusations of officers planting or staging evidence.
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Baltimore Cop Plays Himself By Seemingly Planting Drugs In Front Of Body Cam
Yesterday, Baltimore news outlets shared footage from a January drug bust where an officer appeared to record himself planting drugs he would later say belonged to a suspect. The video, posted by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton, is staggering.
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NYPD’s Proposed Body Camera Policies Are A Disaster For Police Accountability
On Friday, the New York Police Department, the largest police department in the US with about 34,000 officers, released its body camera policies. The NYPD held extensive public comments and met with several civil rights groups, but the policies are largely a disaster and undermine the goals of the body camera technology — accountability and…
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Chicago Police Dashcam Failures Highlight The Problem With New Cop Tech
Dashcams, bodycam, and other cop-tracking technology has been touted by community leaders and police departments alike as a tool for ensuring that the police are playing by the rules. A new report out of Chicago underscores one of the problems with this thinking.