Politics & Government
Council Motion Seeks to Equip Cops With Body Cameras
The cameras could give better insight into what police see and trim the amount of unnecessary police violence.
Local LA City Councilman Mitch Englander has filed a motion that pushes for police to be fitted with small video cameras on their uniforms, KPCC reports.
If approved, Englander said having this level of monitoring could reduce police-related violence and trim the money the city spends on settling lawsuits, which totaled $110 million between 2006-12.
But he said there are other benefits as well.
“It’s a tactical tool officers could use when they’re doing building searches, looking around corners, attic searches,” Englander said. “Or when they have a supervisor show up on the scene so they can see and hear from the point of view of the officer.”
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