Post by Logan on Jun 20, 2016 22:34:50 GMT -6
The Clarksville Police Department plans to suspend the use of officers' body cameras on July 1 because it can't afford the cost of expanded digital storage outlined by a new Indiana state law.
One intention of the law was to make recordings from body cameras more accessible to the public. But with the suspension of body cameras, the Clarksville police will not have any recordings since the department doesn't have dash cameras. The cost of storage would have been around $100,000.
"We are waiting to see how this bill affects other departments," Palmer said. "We are also looking at public access to the video. What this bill does is it makes it more accessible for the media and general public to come in and look at these videos."
In January, the first legislation to directly address police body camera footage, House Bill 1019, was presented to the Indiana House of Representatives. The bill was signed into law in March with unanimous backing.
Read more: www.indystar.com/story/news/2016/06/20/indiana-city-suspend-police-body-cameras/86146072/
One intention of the law was to make recordings from body cameras more accessible to the public. But with the suspension of body cameras, the Clarksville police will not have any recordings since the department doesn't have dash cameras. The cost of storage would have been around $100,000.
"We are waiting to see how this bill affects other departments," Palmer said. "We are also looking at public access to the video. What this bill does is it makes it more accessible for the media and general public to come in and look at these videos."
In January, the first legislation to directly address police body camera footage, House Bill 1019, was presented to the Indiana House of Representatives. The bill was signed into law in March with unanimous backing.
Read more: www.indystar.com/story/news/2016/06/20/indiana-city-suspend-police-body-cameras/86146072/