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| Body cameras capture state’s staffing woes |
| By concordmonitor.com |
| Published: 08/24/2015 |
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It’s become increasingly clear that every law enforcement officer should be equipped with a body camera and use it during interactions with the public. The cameras can provide crucial evidence that protects officer and suspected transgressor alike, and their use is credited with preventing escalation by moderating the behavior of both parties. Last week, Monitor State House reporter Allie Morris noted that, despite being loaned three cameras by their manufacturer to conduct a pilot program in their use, the state police returned them unused. “We didn’t have the personnel to work on it and put it in play,” state police Executive Major David Parenteau told Morris. The Department of Safety opposed legislation that would have required that troopers wear the cameras, so what happened could have been a case of “the slows.” But we’ve no doubt that the department, to implement the program, would have had to divert employees from duties they were already struggling to carry out. That’s the case in most, if not all, state departments. Throughout state government, many people are doing more than one job. For the most part, essential functions are being carried out. Long gone, however, is time to innovate, improve, do secondary tasks or provide information the public needs to have. Read More. |
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