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Jackhererer 13 points ago +14 / -1

Well shit... idiots.

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Nonocon 9 points ago +9 / -0

The defunding of police isn't going to help that situation either.

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Jackhererer 15 points ago +15 / -0

Definitely not. Perhaps that's 1 of the reasons why they want to defund the police. First they demanded body cameras. Then they realised body cameras actually prove the police are generally correct in their responses. Now they want to get rid of body cameras.

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ptrbtr 6 points ago +6 / -0

You are on to something. (Love the name)

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YoLLamaIsSoFat 8 points ago +8 / -0

Small depts rarely get the funding necessary to purchase them, I'm sure they would wear them if they could specifically for situations like this

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permissible_missile 2 points ago +2 / -0

Ever heard of twitch? These poor guys having to traverse the monumental hurdle of streaming footage. Nah.

Make the cops themselves pay for it, did you know(at least some) EMTs pay for their own shit?

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YoLLamaIsSoFat 2 points ago +2 / -0

The cameras, databases, servers, upkeep, security, installation, etc? That's a monumental thing to pay for out of pocket.

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permissible_missile 2 points ago +2 / -0

You could literally run an ftp server (to illustrate how crude the solution can be) on a shitty old precinct PC with a couple of disks and upload to it from machines on the police network. They all have net connections. It's really not rocket science.

Cop would pay for the camera yes

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RustySheckleford 1 point ago +1 / -0

While I do agree with you, I don't think it's that hard to buy a go pro and memory card and delete the video every night if you don't need it.

And for $500 you get a ton of security for it.