North Carolina Bans Public Access To Police Body Cam, Dash Cam Footage

Known as the “Law Enforcement Recordings/No Public Record” law, introduced as HB 972, the contentious legislation goes into effect on October 1 this year.

Claire Bernish
作者 Claire Bernish
A Police body camera is displayed at a news conference

As if holding police accountable for acts of brutality, killings, and other wrongdoing weren’t difficult enough already, one state just made the effort significantly more cumbersome — by banning public accessibility to footage recorded by police. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed the law, which says all footage — dash camera video, body cam

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Body Cam Footage Leads To Arrest Of Police Officers Who Shot 6-Year-Old Boy

Jeremy Mardis has become the youngest person to be killed by police officers in 2015. Col. Edmonson said that he died buckled to the front seat of the car.

Housely
作者 Housely
A Police body camera is displayed at a news conference

Jeremy Mardis, a 6-year-old boy with autism was shot dead by Louisiana State Police officers, Norris Greenhouse Jr. and Derrick Stafford last Tuesday. The two officers have been arrested on charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder. The video footage and arrest has been attributed to police use of body cameras. The body

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Citizen’s Private Body Cam Protects Him From Cops Who Lied To Get Him Fired

After being caught in their lies, the two deputies now face the possibility of termination for dishonesty.

Matt Agorist
作者 Matt Agorist

King County, WA — City bus driver, Kelvin Kirkpatrick purchased a set of glasses that take HD video as a means of feeling safe in the event the Metro Security cameras on his bus failed. However, these camera glasses would prove to be incredibly valuable in an entire other sense. Kirkpatrick was becoming frustrated with the lack of security

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LAPD Removed Antennas From Police Cruisers In Inner City To Disable Recording Devices

“About half of the estimated 80 cars in one South L.A. patrol division were missing antennas, which help capture what officers say in the field. The antennas in at least 10 more cars in nearby divisions had also been removed.”

Jackson Marciana | Counter Current News
作者 Jackson Marciana | Counter Current News

The Los Angeles Police Department is coming under fire after it was revealed that police officers have been routinely tampering with video and voice recording equipment. The department is often at the center of controversy and police brutality protests, making the disabling of dozens of patrol cars’ monitoring systems even more

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Video: 17 Year-Old Killed By Police After Flashing Headlights And Questioning Officer

An Eaton County Sheriff’s officer, tazed, and then killed 17 year-old Deven Guilford. The known details are sparse because the killing happened out of the view of the dash-cam, and the body camera was turned off at that point.

John Vibes
作者 John Vibes

Eaton County, MI — It was announced this week that the police officer who shot and killed 17-year-old Deven Guilford for flexing his rights this past February, will not be charged for any crimes. Deven was traveling along the road and flashed his lights at an officer because his headlights were so bright that they nearly made Deven run off the

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Bill To Keep Police Body Cam Video Private Raises Alarm

“Our concern is that if you make it too private, the whole idea that we are able to use the body cameras to watch the police, to turn this around and say this is surveillance of law enforcement, really falls by the wayside,”

Tom Scheck for MPR News
作者 Tom Scheck for MPR News
Police body camera

In this Nov. 5, 2014, AP file photo, Sgt. Chris Wicklund of the Burnsville Police Department wears a body camera beneath his microphone. Minneapolis, with the largest police department in Minnesota, has become the latest to equip officers with body cameras in what officials say is an effort to improve transparency and hold police accountable. The

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