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Gothmog

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6. I have a friend who introduced a bill for cop cameras in Texas

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 10:16 PM

Dec 2014

I doubt that this bill has a chance but it is a good idea http://www.fortbendstar.com/2014/12/18/rep-reynolds-writes-body-camera-bill-2/

District 27 State Rep. Ron Reynolds (D-Missouri City) announced that he’d just filed House Bill 474 during a community discussion about “Getting Criminal Justice Right” on Dec. 9 at Marshall High.

HB 474 would require law enforcement officers to wear body cameras on duty, so interactions with the public will be transparent.

Reynolds said the proposed bill is part of the solution to stop future tragedies such as the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, due to the use of deadly force by law enforcement. In both cases, a grand jury declined to indict the officers involved.

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Newsweek: Study Finds Body Cameras Decrease Police’s Use of Force [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 OP

If and when they use them, that is shanti Dec 2014 #1

according to the report last night on NBC, what you say seems to be true. truedelphi Dec 2014 #2

The problem, then, is allowing the officers to use "discretion." Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #4

i agree with you. truedelphi Dec 2014 #7

We have cameras in stores, parking lots, street intersections, etc. Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #8

The headline is far more evocative and optimistic that the article itself. branford Dec 2014 #3

"I not sure by what you mean you state, 'They exit...'" Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #5

I have a friend who introduced a bill for cop cameras in Texas Gothmog Dec 2014 #6

It's interesting that complaints against the police dropped by so much more mythology Dec 2014 #9