Yearly Archives: 2021

In Onondaga County, at least 10 of the county’s 15 police departments — including the Syracuse Police Department — use the cameras. But the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office, the second-largest police force in the county, does not use body cameras and has no plans to add them. Why? It’s not a priority, Sheriff Eugene ConwayContinue reading “Syracuse.com: Sheriff Conway refuses body cameras while more U.S. police forces embrace them”

After much resistance, Suffolk County publicly released its policy on how it uses body cameras. The long-sought policy raises several concerns for civil rights advocates, experts, and lawmakers. The release comes three weeks after police officers were seen on a body camera kicking a handcuffed suspect. The policy allows police officers to view footage beforeContinue reading “WSHU Public Radio: Advocates call Suffolk County’s long hidden body camera policy ‘useless’”

A former suburban cop aims to capitalize on a new Illinois justice reform law that will require every officer in the state to have a body camera by 2025. Ben Laird retired about three years ago as a River Forest police detective. Now, Laird, who has an MBA and a college degree in information services,Continue reading “Chicago Sun Times: Former suburban cop hopes to cash in on new body-camera law in Illinois”

Do large-scale, multimillion-dollar safe city projects stop crime? If not, what is the point in selling the cameras in the first place? Tens of thousands of video surveillance cameras are currently operational in Mexico City and the adjacent State of Mexico. IPVM interviewed industry and local sources and examined official Mexican crime statistics, finding noContinue reading “IPVM Surveillance News source: Mexico City Public Video Surveillance Faces Scrutiny”