EPS pulls dash cams, plans to bring body cams online gradually
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
- EPS Chief Dale McFee says dash cams have been pulled for budget reasons, and plans to outift about 250 most public facing officers with body cams first.Length: 2-3 minutes
Disgusting that it’s even an option to discontinue dash cams. It should be against the law to police without a body cam and dash cam.
Bodycams cost about $3000. Canada has roughly 71,000 police officers. With just the money we gave Ukraine yesterday, Canada could purchase 1.6 million bodycams.
The weakest attempt at transparency. EPS "Let's remove dashcams so that we can add bodycams that will only be worn by the members we choose , and only active when we choose." Translation: If it serves the EPS interests and doesn't incriminate our officers, then the bodycam is running . If it shows corruption or criminal conduct perpetrated by officers, you can guarantee the camera wasn't running. ( Don't want a repeat of the 1st trial where it caught drug deals and corruption by officers). EPS should be mandated to maintain a sealed bodycam operating at all times and held for 90 days. EPS should also be mandated that all officers must wear an active bodycam when on duty outside of the station. A bodycam that the officers can choose to turn or off at their will provides 0 accountability and no trust in public safety.
In 2019, I went to the station on 50th st to file a complaint against an officer Trevor Henderson, I was told to wait after I told the officer at the desk why I was there. After waiting 30 min, she returned and handed me a paper and advised that complaints are filed online. Within 2 blocks of the station, I was pulled over ( by Henderson). He pointed his gun to my head and advised me that it would be easily justifiable for me to get shot on a traffic stop. But go ahead and file the complaint.
I don't travel to Edmonton alone anymore for fear of being killed by this officer . Your current bodycam policy would not prevent this from happening to someone else . Change the policy and protect the citizens as you are supposed to.
Most….. will get to withhold misconduct captured on camera.
The rest….. no video evidence unless filmed by members of the public.
Good job, making sure accountability isn’t an ongoing concern.