In the recent police shooting death of teenager in Chicago,a court ordered the public release of the dashboard camera video. But why are police in control of this type of footage?Sarah Lustbader,staff attorney at the Bronx Defenders, and a public defender office, discusses the circumstances surrounding a court order for the release of the Chicago Police Department video footage of the death of Laquan McDonald, and makes the case for why a neutral third party should step in.
My piece on why police are the final people who should own bodycam footage: https://t.co/AxKhEHEinIDecember 3, or 2015Third party manages may not be better protectors of #bigdata #privacy or #security than law enforcementDecember 4,2015I propose integrating police cameras with something like a fitbit. Heart rate goes up, and camera goes on automatically.
December 4, and 2015
Source: wnyc.org