Obama: Cops need body worn cameras

[Ibanez]

No shit.
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President Barack Obama on Monday proposed new funding meant to help improve relations between police departments and minority communities, saying there is a "simmering distrust" between the two groups that extends well beyond the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.

The White House has asked for $263 million in funding for police body cameras and training in the wake of the shooting death of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown.

Perfect, but why are you increasing funding? You already have grants for this technology. Educate the agencies, let them know that the US Government has already conducted survey's and are currently conducting and updated survey of body worn cameras and let's get these out. Now, I know many will say that their privacy is being violated. However, I don't think that's a concern. Unless something happens, the data isn't kept. If your traffic stop is normal and w/o conflict, it won't be kept after the court date.

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This isn't rocket science. It's CYA.

[YoUDeeMan]

The tech/defense industry has never met a trumped up crisis from which it could not make a profit at taxpayer expense.

Gobomba!

[Ibanez]

The tech/defense industry has never met a trumped up crisis from which it could not make a profit at taxpayer expense.

Gobomba!

That's the price of capitalism.

[ASUG8]

You can buy a lot of body cameras by foregoing the purchase of one of these:

Every city squad car is equipped today with a military-style assault rifle, and officers can don Kevlar helmets able to withstand incoming fire from battlefield-grade ammunition. And for that epic confrontation—if it ever occurs—officers can now summon a new $256,643 armored truck, complete with a rotating turret. For now, though, the menacing truck is used mostly for training and appearances at the annual city picnic, where it’s been parked near the children’s bounce house.

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[Ibanez]

You can buy a lot of body cameras by foregoing the purchase of one of these:

Every city squad car is equipped today with a military-style assault rifle, and officers can don Kevlar helmets able to withstand incoming fire from battlefield-grade ammunition. And for that epic confrontation—if it ever occurs—officers can now summon a new $256,643 armored truck, complete with a rotating turret. For now, though, the menacing truck is used mostly for training and appearances at the annual city picnic, where it’s been parked near the children’s bounce house.

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100% true.

[Chizzang]

So much for smaller...
"Hello mam, I'm here with the neighborhood police... We're here to help"

[CID1990]

here comes some more o dat community policin shit

BTW I wish I had worn a spycam in my 17 years on the force.

Do you realize how many lonely MILFS put on a teddy jut to answer the door for the cop who answers their "strange noise" call?

I can now admit that Christmas in Charleston was a BUSY fVCKING time. Oops I mean it was a busy time fvcking

[kalm]

here comes some more o dat community policin shit

BTW I wish I had worn a spycam in my 17 years on the force.

Do you realize how many lonely MILFS put on a teddy jut to answer the door for the cop who answers their "strange noise" call?

I can now admit that Christmas in Charleston was a BUSY fVCKING time. Oops I mean it was a busy time fvcking

Isn't policing a community what cops are suppose to do?

[Ibanez]

here comes some more o dat community policin shit

BTW I wish I had worn a spycam in my 17 years on the force.

Do you realize how many lonely MILFS put on a teddy jut to answer the door for the cop who answers their "strange noise" call?

I can now admit that Christmas in Charleston was a BUSY fVCKING time. Oops I mean it was a busy time fvcking

Real Estate is the same way. I loved appraising homes in Wild Dunes, Dunes West, etc... Especially when it was for a divorce. Those wives were relentless!!

[CID1990]

here comes some more o dat community policin ****

BTW I wish I had worn a spycam in my 17 years on the force.

Do you realize how many lonely MILFS put on a teddy jut to answer the door for the cop who answers their "strange noise" call?

I can now admit that Christmas in Charleston was a BUSY fVCKING time. Oops I mean it was a busy time fvcking

Isn't policing a community what cops are suppose to do?

yes

except that Community Policing TM is as much about policing communities as Immigration Reform is about fixing immigration law

[Chizzang]

Isn't policing a community what cops are suppose to do?

yes

except that Community Policing TM is as much about policing communities as Immigration Reform is about fixing immigration law

As always hilarious...

[Col Hogan]

I've read today that some folks feel that cops wearing cameras will prevent incidents like Ferguson...

[YoUDeeMan]

I've read today that some folks feel that cops wearing cameras will prevent incidents like Ferguson...

I predict a rise in sales of ski masks in urban areas.

[Ibanez]

I've read today that some folks feel that cops wearing cameras will prevent incidents like Ferguson...

Prevent riots? Unfortunately no. That portion of the population ( to include white apologists) will refute video evidence. The thing about these videos is that you can't tamper with them UNTIL you export a copy. Also, they don't maintain the video unless there was an incident which needs to be saved. Storage is expensive and there's no reason to maintain hours of video of by the book traffic stops, events, where nothing happened. I think the time frame for maintaining the files is 90 days.

[Ibanez]

I've read today that some folks feel that cops wearing cameras will prevent incidents like Ferguson...

I predict a rise in sales of ski masks in urban areas.

Sales? Surely you meant thefts.