▲ 691 ▼ Texas cops arrest 11-year-old honors student and put him in solitary confinement for three days (www.texasobserver.org) submitted 2 years ago by DougHolland@lemmy.world to c/thepoliceproblem@lemmy.world 130 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] gkd@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) The cost of a body cam doesn’t have anything to do with policies on whether or not they can be turned off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Lyrl@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) The cost isn't the cam itself, it's the servers and their software and IT administrators to maintain them, the personnel to audit the videos, and the personnel to respond to records requests by being able to locate archived files and redeact private information of the people the police interact with in the requested videos. Spinning up and maintaining multiple departments that just didn't exist before a body cam program was implemented is a significant resource draw. If the auditing personnel aren't hired in sufficient numbers, or the IT personnel to keep the video archives actually usable, then turning off of bodycams won't ever be caught. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gkd@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago But what does that have to do with a bodycam being turned off during an incident? We see them clearly disable them or cover them on their own. I’m not saying they need to be turned on 24/7, that’s obviously not feasible. permalink fedilink source parent [–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Besides the fact that it effects even having one to turn off you mean? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lyrl@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) The cost isn't the cam itself, it's the servers and their software and IT administrators to maintain them, the personnel to audit the videos, and the personnel to respond to records requests by being able to locate archived files and redeact private information of the people the police interact with in the requested videos. Spinning up and maintaining multiple departments that just didn't exist before a body cam program was implemented is a significant resource draw. If the auditing personnel aren't hired in sufficient numbers, or the IT personnel to keep the video archives actually usable, then turning off of bodycams won't ever be caught. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gkd@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago But what does that have to do with a bodycam being turned off during an incident? We see them clearly disable them or cover them on their own. I’m not saying they need to be turned on 24/7, that’s obviously not feasible. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gkd@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago But what does that have to do with a bodycam being turned off during an incident? We see them clearly disable them or cover them on their own. I’m not saying they need to be turned on 24/7, that’s obviously not feasible. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Besides the fact that it effects even having one to turn off you mean? permalink fedilink source parent