#bodycamera

ICE releases body camera video in agency’s ‘best interests,’ policy says The rollout comes after recent fatal shootings by officers enforcing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown have intensified pressure for accountability. #USNews #Ice #ImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement https://globalnews.ca/news/12012754/ice-body-camera-video-policy/

ICE releases body camera video in agency’s ‘best interests,’ policy says The rollout comes after recent fatal shootings by officers enforcing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown have intensified pressure for accountability. #USNews #Ice #ImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement https://globalnews.ca/news/12012754/ice-body-camera-video-policy/

The memorandum of understanding on body cameras also still gives police the right to review footage before filing reports, which is problematic because: 1) #bodycamera footage offers a distorted low quality view of what happened, 2) human memory is mutable so officers' memories of what happened may change to accommodate what they think they see in the footage, and 3) it gives the opportunity for an officer acting in bad faith to check what misrepresentations they can get away with. #Somerville

Up until now, Somerville's official 2026 conversations about #bodycamera policy for #Somerville have largely occurred in non-public executive sessions because the negotiations were tied to the police collective bargaining process, and we are now in budget season, which means that there's danger of the process being fast-tracked without properly public deliberation.