On Tuesday evening, our City Council voted to approve a resolution making funds available, among other things, for the purchase of 15 body cameras to be worn by Ypsilanti police officers while on patrol. As readers of site know, this is something that I’ve been pushing for since first reading about the results of a […]
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Ypsi Police Chief Tony DeGiusti on body cameras, the militarization of police forces and the impact of Ferguson
Posted in Civil Liberties, Ypsilanti Also tagged body cameras, Citizens Police Academy, Community Policing, Eastern Michigan University, Eastern Washtenaw Safety Alliance, EMU, Eric Garner, Ferguson, Leforge Road, Michael Brown, Pete Murdock, police brutality, police tactics, public safety, public safety officer, regional cooperation, school shooting, Staten Island, surveillance culture, SWAT, the militarization of the police, Tony DeGiusti, transparency, video surveillance, Wayne, YCAT, Ypsilanti Community Action Team, Ypsilanti police department 32 Comments
Every cop with a gun should also be outfitted with a video camera
Earlier this week, after an inquest jury essentially vindicated London police officers in the 2011 killing of 29 year old Mark Duggan, authorities announced that, henceforth, some number of London’s 2,300 firearms-carrying officers would begin wearing vest-mounted video cameras. And, as much as I consider myself a privacy advocate, and despise our ever expanding surveillance […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized Also tagged Bernard Hogan-Howe, big brother, California, David Ware, excessive force, Gary Schiff, London, Mark Duggan, Minneapolis, police, police brutality, Police Foundation, privacy, recording the police, surveillance, surveillance culture, Surveillance State, the militarization of the police, Tony Farrar, video, video surveillance 17 Comments