Body cameras - the John's Pass shooting proves they are needed

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Body cameras are tools who's time has come. The John's Pass shooting proves they are needed to clarify certain serious incidents because the deputies involved may lie or try to cover up for their co-workers. On the other hand other serious incidents can be cleared up regardless of how the politically correct media tries to spin them. Being found guilty by the media can terminate a career just as permanently as getting fired. The cost of body cameras is coming down and many agencies are experimenting or phasing them in. Liability and civil suit costs would be greatly reduced. Our agency has always been in the cutting edge of LEO technology so it is time the Sheriff adopted body cameras.

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And you breathing proves that birth control is needed

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Body cameras are tools who's time has come. The John's Pass shooting proves they are needed to clarify certain serious incidents because the deputies involved may lie or try to cover up for their co-workers. On the other hand other serious incidents can be cleared up regardless of how the politically correct media tries to spin them. Being found guilty by the media can terminate a career just as permanently as getting fired. The cost of body cameras is coming down and many agencies are experimenting or phasing them in. Liability and civil suit costs would be greatly reduced. Our agency has always been in the cutting edge of LEO technology so it is time the Sheriff adopted body cameras.

Why don't yu run for Sheriff and win. Then you can say what happens at PCSO. Until then, not your call sport!!

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Why don't yu run for Sheriff and win. Then you can say what happens at PCSO. Until then, not your call sport!!

Common sense is not expected here from Gualtieri's admirers. If you don't think that Gualtieri isn't strongly considering body cameras after this shooting incident to protect his political skin then you are delusional. One bad shoot with a death can end a political career nowadays. You should have listened to his speech to the media about the shooting.

"Some might say it's a dark day in some respects, but it's a bright day in others," Gualtieri said. "It's always a bright day when the truth prevails and the system works."

See, it's all about the truth and the system working. When people lie and get away with it, the system is not working. And that's what almost happened here. This is why body cameras are needed, to make sure the truth prevails and the system works. Who would object to that?

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Body cameras are tools who's time has come. The John's Pass shooting proves they are needed to clarify certain serious incidents because the deputies involved may lie or try to cover up for their co-workers. On the other hand other serious incidents can be cleared up regardless of how the politically correct media tries to spin them. Being found guilty by the media can terminate a career just as permanently as getting fired. The cost of body cameras is coming down and many agencies are experimenting or phasing them in. Liability and civil suit costs would be greatly reduced. Our agency has always been in the cutting edge of LEO technology so it is time the Sheriff adopted body cameras.

You do realize that body camera recordings are PUBLIC RECORD, which means that if deputies respond to your house the public would have access to the video... Also, what most people are not aware of, is the unreal cost to store the information.. I've heard it could run up to $50,000 a month for a large agency to store this data... Hey, if you don't mind paying more taxes and possibly being the hit of youtube for a sloppy and embarrassing domestic, then keep up the fight... I'm a deputy and I really don't care either way...

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You do realize that body camera recordings are PUBLIC RECORD, which means that if deputies respond to your house the public would have access to the video... Also, what most people are not aware of, is the unreal cost to store the information.. I've heard it could run up to $50,000 a month for a large agency to store this data... Hey, if you don't mind paying more taxes and possibly being the hit of youtube for a sloppy and embarrassing domestic, then keep up the fight... I'm a deputy and I really don't care either way...

Looks like Tampa and Hillsborough can afford it but we can't?! Avoiding some of the civil suits can easily make up the costs of body cameras. Studies show that body cameras reduce civil suits, and the litigation costs and payoffs associated with them. The costs of the cameras would be a tiny fraction of this agencies' budget, probably offset to some degree by federal grants. There was grumbling when cameras were installed at the jail but now the staff loves them because they reduce lawsuits and improve staff safety.

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TAMPA is dumping the cameras. Not cost effective and having to store forever the video is basically going to require millions in funding

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TAMPA is dumping the cameras. Not cost effective and having to store forever the video is basically going to require millions in funding

And Hillsborough has never had them.....

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TAMPA is dumping the cameras. Not cost effective and having to store forever the video is basically going to require millions in funding

Maybe Black Lives Matter and Al Sharpton could extort the money out of private business and fund the cameras....

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TAMPA is dumping the cameras. Not cost effective and having to store forever the video is basically going to require millions in funding

http://www.tbo.com/news/crime/tampa-...eras-20150306/

http://www.tbo.com/news/breaking-new...ints-20151012/

There are hundreds of cameras in the jail recording everything so the system is cost effective and would also work in patrol. The USF study cited in the above link shows body cameras cause complaints and uses of force to go down.