Police did not want to reveal all of the training and scenarios that officers are preparing to deal with during the DNC, but the exercises come after questions were raised about how ready the department will be to constitutionally engage with protesters.
““Personally, I think if you polled all the officers here and said, ‘would you like to have or not have a body camera?’ I absolutely believe the overwhelming if not the entirety of the response would be I absolutely want a camera,” said Capt. Jake Alderden with CPD Training support group.”
Yeah I doubt that it would still be the case if they couldn’t just turn them off and on whenever they want.
As far as I’m concerned, it shouldn’t even be possible for them to turn the cameras off. On break? Take the camera off; it is still on. Working? Put the camera on; it is on the entirety of the time its being worn. Have them turned on and off by an admin at the start and end of an officer’s shift.
I mean, if they’ve got nothing to hide…