Letitia James Calls For $5 Million NYPD Body Camera Pilot
Jillian Jorgensen
Public Advocate Letitia James called on the city to fit police with wearable cameras in a pilot program broader than the one a federal judge has ordered — and said the $5 million effort would actually save taxpayers money.
“If we were to do, to implement body cameras on 15 percent of our police force in New York City, it would only cost taxpayers $5 million. Currently, we are spaying out $132 million annually to claims, individuals who are charging police officers with police misconduct,” she said a press conference in her offices.
Ms. James said she believed having cameras on cops would reduce those police misconduct claims — recently outlined in Comptroller Scott Stringer’s ClaimStat report — covering the cost of the cameras and then some. She based those projections, she said, on the results in other cities using cameras — the Rialto, California, police department saw claims against police drop by 88 percent after introducing body cameras, Ms. James said.
Read more at http://observer.com/2014/08/letitia-james-calls-for-5-million-nypd-body-camera-pilot/#ixzz3B49LehxD
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