Ive got no comment about the shooting, the grand jury, or the riots, but the way the media has covered this story from start to finish is more to blame than anyone else in my opinion. The rush to get the story out first completely superseded any kind of responsible journalism, and thusly a lot of misinformation, as-well-as out and out lies were adopted as facts. Ive said it several times during this whole fiasco but Police should wear body cameras to record every interaction for their safety and the publics. Heres a little study, and an excerpt for the lazy. Good for the public The results from the first 12 months are striking. Even with only half of the 54 uniformed patrol officers wearing cameras at any given time, the department over all had an 88 percent decline in the number of complaints filed against officers, compared with the 12 months before the study, to 3 from 24. Rialto’s police officers also used force nearly 60 percent less often — in 25 instances, compared with 61. When force was used, it was twice as likely to have been applied by the officers who weren’t wearing cameras during that shift, the study found. Good for the officers “There are many police officers who’ve had a cloud fall over them because of an unfounded accusation of abuse,” he said. “Now police officers won’t have to worry so much about that kind of thing.” Mr. Farrar says officers have told him of cases when citizens arrived at a Rialto police station to file a complaint and the supervisor was able to retrieve and play on the spot the video of what had transpired. “The individuals left the station with basically no other things to say and have never come back,”
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 18:49:32 +0000