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Police Commissioner Robert Saltzman called the LAPD Policy re: Public Releasing 'Quite Problematic'.
The LAPD policy — approved by the Police Commission's 3-1 vote in April — allows officers to review the footage before writing reports or giving statements to internal investigators. But the LAPD has said it does not plan on publicly releasing the recordings unless they are part of a criminal or civil court proceeding.
Critics, including the Southern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, said that giving officers but not the public a chance to look at the footage undermined the accountability that the cameras are intended to bring.
The ACLU reiterated its stance Monday in a letter sent to the Police Commission, in which the organization said it still opposed the use of the cameras under the approved policy because it "undercut public trust that the cameras should be building."
Police Commissioner Robert Saltzman expressed similar concerns at Tuesday's meeting. Saltzman, who voted against the policy this spring, peppered department officials with questions over when officers would get to see the footage and why the public wouldn't be able to.
"The combination of those two policies, to me, is quite problematic," he said.
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Police Commissioner Robert Saltzman called the LAPD Policy re: Public Releasing 'Quite Problematic'. Aug 29, 20:40
The techniques police use already are public, most people just don't bother looking them up. (more inside) Aug 30, 08:51