*A Jackson County grand jury ruled Eagle Point Police Officer Daniel Cardenas was legally justified in fatally shooting Matthew Graves inside a Carl’s Jr. bathroom in September 2018. – The Oregonian Once again, a case of police brutality is in the news. Liberty lovers across the nation have accountability from police in the form of body cameras….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Anders Hagstrom Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo ordered police officers to turn on their body cameras when responding to any call Wednesday. Arradondo made the announcement following uproar from a series of police misconduct complaints. Justine Damond was shot by a police officer responding to her own call July 15, and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Will Racke A Democratic congressman from Texas said Tuesday that the Department of Homeland Security may be coming around to his idea of outfitting Border Patrol agents with body cameras in order to prevent alleged civil rights abuses. Rep. Joaquin Castro and other members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck A new automated camera system designed for seeking out and identifying citizens through remote means is reportedly in development for police use. The technology will make it possible to “seek” out people by tapping into existing camera footage across the country and utilizing cutting edge face-…
by Trent Somes As of this October, what police do in public is no longer public record in North Carolina. A new law in North Carolina allows police departments to keep body and dash camera footage secret, even from the people that were filmed, unless issued a court order. Police cameras become a topic of…
by Eric Lieberman A man who claimed three Connecticut state troopers issued false charges against him while protesting a DUI checkpoint, was reportedly vindicated thanks to newly released footage from the man’s camera. Michael Picard is now suing the three state troopers for violating his First and Fourth Amendment rights, according to the official lawsuit filed Sept. 15. Picard…
By Joe Trotter (Stonegait Institute) Cincinnati’s police union, the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #69, is refusing to have members wear the city’s new body cameras unless they receive a pay increase. To clarify, this isn’t about just normal raises; the union is demanding a specific pay increase because of the cameras. “Requiring employees to…
Josh Fatzick District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser signed into law Wednesday legislation that will see every D.C. patrol officer outfitted with a body camera by next summer. Here’s what you need to know about the law: 1. It is one of the most robust body camera programs in the nation The program will put…
Big Brother Turned On His Head RIALTO, CA– A small California town outside Los Angeles has been the subject of an intriguing experiment in law enforcement. Over the past year, the 70 officers of the Rialto police department have all been equipped with body cameras. The results are encouraging, and are likely to expand to…