Florida police department to begin using body-mounted cameras

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Watchdog.org:

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Sarasota police officers will begin wearing body-mounted cameras later this year in an effort to increase police transparency.

 

That’s a topic of heightened national interest in the wake of the Ferguson, Mo., police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager.

 

But rather than resist the accountability measure, the Sarasota Police Department is the initiative’s chief proponent.

 

“It’s a modern and professional use of technology to modify people’s behaviors, both the police officer and the citizen,” Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette DiPino said in an email.