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Councilors to hold second hearing on police body cameras
By adamg on Tue, 05/03/2016 - 4:49pm
City Councilor Andrea Campbell opened a hearing on an upcoming Boston Police pilot program involving body cameras by announcing she will hold a second hearing sometime this month to let BPD officials comment on the plans.
Commissioner William Evans and other BPD officials had been scheduled to appear before Campbell's Committee on Public Safety today, but Campbell said they needed the time to attend visiting hours for Officer Michael Baker of Dorchester, who died last week.
Segun Idowu, of the Boston Police Camera Action Team, expressed his condolences for Baker's family, but said continuing today's hearing without anybody from BPD was essentially a waste of time.
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Body Cams YES
I'm all for BPD officers wearing body cams, provided that Boston City Councilors and the mayor punch a time clock and wear body cams for at least eight hours a day between the hours of 7am and midnight. We need to make sure that all public servants are putting in a full day and performing this jobs according to the rules.
hmm
yes, people are mistreated and/or killed in the custody and care of mayors and city councilors all the time. i can see how you would immediately make that connection.
Lead by example
It's called "leading from the front". True and effective leadership starts at the top. Don't impose upon your subordinates what you aren't willing to do yourself. It has nothing about alleged beatings.
When is the last time someone was killed in BPD custody?
I'll wait for your answer.
Yes
I think the citizens of Boston are regularly mistreated by our mayor and city councilors.
Listen to the People
You think the mayor enjoys being in this fight with the police union? He's being pushed to do this by public demand. Please take a few minutes to think about why so many around the country are demanding that police wear cameras. Perhaps do a google search or two.
When there is widespread public demand for the mayor and councilors to wear body cameras, I'm sure we'll take up your sensible proposal.
This is a no-brainer! Maybe
This is a no-brainer! Maybe these officers will be kept in line if they know that their actions are being recorded.