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Fifty Mesa police officers in a yearlong pilot program are wearing camera headsets made by Scottsdale-based Taser International. Cronkite News reporter John Genovese shows how the cameras document officers' every move and keep their supervisors in the loop.
downtownresident posted at 10:19 am on Thu, Sep 27, 2012.
I am deeply comcerned that this will be a propaganda tool for PD, as much as a law enforcement tool.
Will these recordings be available for public viewing, or will they be restricted "for police use only"?
In other words, if I feel mistreated during an encounter with PD, will I be given access to the tape, or will it only be used when PD feels that it will support their position?
I'm all for the cameras as long as the public has access to the information they record.
I do not believe for a second that PD will ever release anything that puts them in a bad light. They don't even like to be video taped from across the street by a private citizen.