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A tool of accountability: Here’s how JSO evaluates body cam footage

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – More than 1,600 officers and sergeants with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office now wear body cameras, but the agency only reviews specific incidents among the thousands of hours of ...
Washington City Paper

What Body Camera Footage Reveals (and Hides) About Police Violence

Body-worn cameras were introduced as part of a nationwide push to improve accountability in policing. They were promoted as a tool that could provide clear answers after disputed encounters, ...
Gothamist

NYPD has failed to release police body camera footage on time, audit finds

The NYPD has failed to meet deadlines for turning over video footage of police encounters, an audit by the comptroller’s office found. The audit covers police body-worn camera footage requested ...
Post and Courier

Columbia Police Department quietly changed body camera policy after investigation into former officer

COLUMBIA – In light of an investigation into an officer accused of sexually assaulting a woman while he transported her to jail, Columbia Police Department officials quietly tightened their body ...
Newsday

Inmate deaths raise questions about millions of dollars in NY state spending on body-worn cameras

After New York State agreed in February 2020 to pay $5 million to the family of an inmate who died in an upstate prison, state officials made a separate $5 million pledge: 1,000 body-worn cameras for ...