POLICE PLAGIARIZERS? sept 1st - cops leading from behind..

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I POSTED THIS TO MY TIMELINE WAAY BACK IN  SEPTEMBER 1ST; THE SHARED THIS WITH A FRIEND
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POSTED WAAAY BROFRE THIS ARTICLE. I bet the cops can get dozens of really good military surplus body cameras like the ARMY; and Marines have been using for years.. and when the cops whine about all the extra work they will have to do- well- they already have a staff processing dash board cameras- archinving, filing, uploading to police servers- so -ts not much more trouble like they make it out to be..

David Christopher Roach‎Darin HaberkornSeptember 1 ·

GREAT IDEA- KEEP COPS ACCOUNTABLE- PROMOTE THE GOOD ONES, FIRE THE BAD ONES.. JAIL THE CROOKED ONES..

Ferguson sparks push for body cameras on copsTwo major U.S. cities announced Thursday they were moving forward with efforts to arm police with body cameras, to improve accountability and transparency.ON.MSNBC.COMLike · · Share

• Write a comment... september 1st.. cvheck my time line- i shared this with my friend, who is no big fan of the police either..

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FWPD Looking To Go "All-In" With Body Cameras

By Jeff Neumeyer

December 4, 2014Updated Dec 4, 2014 at 5:53 PM EST

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (21ALIVE) --- Providing a new set of eyes to monitor the actions of Fort Wayne police officers.

A plan is in place to outfit all of the department's uniformed officers with body cameras.

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The use of such cameras is becoming more popular by the day with police departments across the country, and it appears Fort Wayne P.D. is ready to go the same route.

Body cameras let you see police encounters on the street from the officer's perspective.

Departments nationwide are buying such devices for their officers in earnest, in response to controversial police action shootings like the one in Ferguson Missouri.

It's a way to prove police handled a confrontation the right way, or to substantiate accusations of excessive force.

"It's about the size of a pager, very light," said Stephen Reed, the city police force’s Assistant Chief, as he showed off a model of a body camera being considered for purchase by Fort Wayne P.D.

According to Reed, his department is embarking on a plan to purchase around 25 body cameras for regular patrol officers in 2015.

But it wouldn't stop there.

The city force in a matter of a few years could see as many as 200 uniformed officers outfitted with a personal body cam of their own, with more money spent on equipment to download and store data recorded by the devices.

“After doing some further testing, we will decide on which model we purchase, but we do intend on purchasing body cams for our operational personnel," Reed said.

Allen County Sheriff Ken Fries thinks people should be cautious about body cams.

"I think they're a good thing, but as I've said before they are not a panacea, don't believe that it's going to solve all the problems and all the answers, cameras are going to see things from one angle," Fries said.

There are certainly limitations with body cameras but there are others who feel strongly that they are the best way to protect the rights of citizens and officers.

"I think the more that we can do to have you know a fully visual scenario as it relates to trust and policing in our community the better," said Jonathan Ray, the director of the Fort Wayne Urban League.

It’s not known how much it will cost to get the body cams purchased and up and running.

Expenses related to the data storage can't be fully calculated yet.

The fact there are some grants available will help, but ultimately police commanders may have to convince city council that the system has enough value to warrant spending money to keep things updated and in good working order long-term.

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It's super cheap to attach HD body cameras with encrypted direct feeds back to a central location (the car, or even 4g back to the station, or both!). It would cost less than $50 an officer to put this kind of system in place, and allow for a front and back camera on the officers that can record an entire day without being charged. Why are they making this such a huge deal that it's so "expensive?" Maybe they are getting ripped off by the tech companies? This kind of hardware is CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP!

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• David Christopher Roach LEADING FROM BEHIND. "IM not a freak; im just ahead of the curve.. - the US ARMY/MARINES HAVE HAD THESE FOR YEARS ALREADY- with up links to drones- ever watched the movie "blackhawk down? the navy seals that killed bin Laden also had body cams- to document the whole thing- will we ever see it on youtube? likely never.. but the videois out there..http://adrenalinesystems.com/.../@catergory_tactical.jpg
  

  
  

  

  
  

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  David Christopher Roach HERES SOME LIVE WAR FOOTAGE- this isnt our fathers war movies.. feel free to view the other related youtube videos- a day in the life of our troops.. think the FWPD will post any clips? if they cant even make any posts to youtube about the FWPD( did you know?0- well- im not hopefulhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dASEg-EenEI
  

  
  

  

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Indiana county OKs body cameras for deputies

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By The Associated Press 

Monday, September 15, 2014 - 9:46 am

PRINCETON, Ind. — Deputies with a southwestern Indiana sheriff's department will soon be equipped with body cameras designed to collect potentially crucial evidence during police interactions with suspects.

The Gibson County Council last week unanimously approved allocating $20,000 in riverboat revenue to pay for 20 cameras and computer accessories for the county's deputies.

Sheriff George Ballard told council members it was his job to bring the potential value of body cameras to the council's attention in the wake of a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer's fatal shooting of a teenager that sparked days of rioting in that community.

The Princeton Daily Clarion reports (http://bit.ly/1pdbpFI ) Councilman George Ankenbrand says the $20,000 for the cameras is money well spent if it can prevent a big lawsuit. Ankenbrand is a former county prosecutor.

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A Ferguson police officer wears a body camera during a news conference in Ferguson, Mo., Sept. 1, 2014.

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Do Ferguson police get the picture on body cams?

09/03/14 06:24 PM—UPDATED 09/03/14 11:01 PM

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In its most concrete move yet toward reforming law enforcement tactics and repairing its frayed relationship with the community, the Ferguson Police Department is now equipping officers with body cameras, a major step for a local police force that the whole country is watching.

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Ferguson Police: Armed and recording

The Justice Department will announce Thursday that it will open a civil rights investigation of the entire Ferguson, Missouri Police Department, according to administration officials. The Washington Post was first to report the impending investigation late Wednesday.

The return to normalcy to the streets of Ferguson does not come without complications for a police department anxious to make amends with residents and outrun its reputation as having been ill-prepared to handle the national spotlight after officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown last month.

Critics who have called for greater checks on the embattled police department were pleased to see officers wearing portable video recording devices on their uniforms during protests Saturday that drew thousands of people to rally outside both the police headquarters and across town at the site where the 18-year-old was shot. Supporters say evidence from the cameras protects both citizens and police – cops are less likely to act aggressively while the cameras are rolling, and the footage can also potentially exonerate police when there are conflicting accounts of their behavior.

However, the ad hoc strategy used by the Ferguson police in responding to Brown’s case and the ensuing unrest continues to raise serious questions of accountability for a department desperate for relief.

Michael White, a professor of criminology and criminal justice at Arizona State University who wrote the book on police body camera surveillance policy for the Department of Justice, said the circumstances in Ferguson put the department in a unique position. Other departments across the country have taken months to test out methods and different products, and develop policies in pilot programs before the cameras were deployed in the field.

In Ferguson, it took a matter of days.

Two tech companies, Safety Vision and Digital Ally, were the first to offer help to Ferguson, together donating roughly 50 body cameras to outfit the entire department. Not even a week had gone by before officers were testing them out in real time.

The officers were “still playing with them,” Chief Tom Jackson told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Saturday, as crowds of protesters swelled, flanked by Brown’s parents. “The quality is good.”

“This is moving at lightning speed,” White said. And while the technology in the field is still relatively new, White said Ferguson had the opportunity to adopt wholesale policies from other departments that had already been through the pilot stage of body-cam programs, although it is unclear whether Ferguson police ever looked into that possibility. The Ferguson Police Department did not respond to multiple requests for comment. 

“I think it’s very possible that they could have done this, and done it very well by reaching out to experts,” White said. “The concern would be if they didn’t do that.”

Supporters of body cameras for police caution that clear guidelines mandating when officers are able to turn on or off their device are crucial when implementing the policy. Recording interviews with victims of sexual assault or domestic violence are particularly sensitive. Privacy concerns also arise when children are being filmed, or when citizens request that officers turn off the cameras, or the footage is in any way tampered with. Additional privacy concerns over how video footage is stored, how long it is archived and what security precautions will be taken to protect the data have yet to be ironed out.

“Most of the footage should never see the light of day,” said Jay Stanley, senior police analyst at the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy and Technology Project. “There must be very clear enforcement expectations for when police should have the cameras turned on and good policies around when the video is or is not made public.”

Concerns about the cameras also extend to officers’ privacy, with policies needed to ensure the cameras aren’t rolling during break periods. “That raises concerns with officers,” White said. “That could be troubling because in many places, everything that gets video coverage is discoverable [in court].”

Other policy issues quickly emerged on the first day of the cameras’ use in Ferguson when their batteries became drained, Chief Jackson told the Post-Dispatch, a supposedly rare occurrence since battery life is designed to last an entire shift. 

With the Ferguson police still in the spotlight, it is likely that many more departments will also make the move toward equipping police with body cameras, a movement that could become a game-changer for community-police interactions.

“The time is really right for this type of policy,” Stanley said. “I imagine they want to take steps to urge the public that they can be trusted.”

One test case out of Rialto, Calif., shows some promise. The city of just over 100,000 residents saw police brutality complaints plummet by 88% during the year-long pilot program that mandated all officers wear the devices. During that same time period, police use of force dropped another 60%.

“It is very important if there are tools that give a clear view of the interactions between someone in law enforcement and the people who are involved,” said Patricia Bynes, Democratic committeewoman for the township of Ferguson. “That’s a fantastic thing.”

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Last updated: Thu. Sep. 04, 2014 - 08:57 am EDT Departments use technology to ID troubled officers By Tami Abdollah of The Associated Press PHOTOS Click on image to view. DISCUSS Comments (0) Comment on this story LOS ANGELES — Police departments across the U.S. are using technology to try to identify problem officers before their misbehavior harms innocent people, embarrasses their employer, or invites a costly lawsuit — from citizens or the federal government. While such "early warning systems" are often treated as a cure-all, experts say, little research exists on their effectiveness or — more importantly — if they're even being properly used. Over the last decade, such systems have become the gold standard in accountability policing with a computerized system used by at least 39 percent of law enforcement agencies, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. The issue of police-community relations was thrust into the spotlight after an officer fatally shot Michael Brown in Missouri. Since then, departments have held public forums to build trust with residents. Some are testing cameras mounted to officers to monitor their interactions with the public. Experts say the early warning system can be another powerful tool to help officers do their jobs and improve relations, but it is only as good as the people and departments using it. "It's not a guarantee that you will catch all of those officers that are struggling," said Jim Bueermann of the nonprofit Police Foundation, which is dedicated to better policing. "These systems are designed to give you a forewarning of problems and then you have to do something." The aim is to avoid cases where the first evidence of a troubled officer is a YouTube video showing them excessively beating a suspect. Such incidents stoke public fears about police and can result in huge monetary settlements. The systems track factors such as how often officers are involved in shootings, get complaints, use sick days and get into car accidents. When officers hit a specific threshold, they're supposed to be flagged and supervisors notified so appropriate training or counseling can be assigned. Some law enforcement agencies adopted the systems under agreements they entered into with the federal government after officers were accused of abuse, including departments in Seattle, which is currently working to implement such a system, and Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department agreed to set up their $33 million early warning systems after the so-called Rampart scandal in which an elite anti-gang unit was found to have beaten and framed suspected gang members. The system was then implemented in 2007. The LAPD's inspector general found in a recent review that the system was seemingly ineffective in identifying officers who ultimately were fired. The report looked at 748 "alerts" over a four-month period and found the agency took little action in the majority of cases and only required training for 1.3 percent, or 10 alerts, of them. Sam Walker, a University of Nebraska at Omaha professor emeritus and expert on such systems, said he was troubled by the department's response to the report and concerned their follow-up study would be used to discredit the system a year after emerging from federal oversight. "These are not predictive devices," he said. "Is the failure in the system itself or is the failure in how the department managed the system. If they did such a small amount of retraining did they ignore lots of training needs and fail to do it?" Maggie Goodrich, the LAPD's chief information officer, defended the technology before the department's civilian oversight board but also said a deeper analysis of its impacts is necessary. "How do you prove a negative?" she asked. "What we can't capture with this system is how many times have we stopped somebody from engaging in behavior?" For rank-and-file officers, there's concern someone could be flagged merely because, for example, they work in a high-crime area where they are more likely to use their weapon or physical force. Some systems attempt to correct for such factors by comparing officers with their direct peers, and managers are supposed to account for differences in assignments. "Their concern is the concern that the public has about big brother," said Tyler Izen, president of the union representing LAPD officers. "If you're watching over me and there's a setup matrix that is going to tell you that I'm bad, people are always skeptical of things like that." A 2011 Justice Department report found the New Orleans Police Department's system, adopted roughly two decades ago, was "outdated and essentially exists in name only." Investigators said information was included haphazardly and flagged officers were put into essentially "bad boy school," a one-size-fits-all class seen by some as a badge of honor. The system is being overhauled. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is on the verge of entering into a federal consent decree for its mismanagement of jails. And a Justice Department investigation that concluded last year found deputies discriminated against blacks and Latinos by making unconstitutional stops, searches, seizures and using excessive force. The sheriff's department has an early warning system. "Our diagnostic systems were fine," said the department's Chief of Detectives, Bill McSweeney, who advised his agency on creation of the warning system. "Our managerial and supervision response was not fine. It's that simple."

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