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> "Our concern involves the tediousness of trying to log and capture daily uses among several hundred deputies in the streets," said Assistant Sheriff Ken Binde
by justinlardinois 11y ago
> "Our concern involves the tediousness of trying to log and capture daily uses among several hundred deputies in the streets," said Assistant Sheriff Ken Binder, referring to proposed body-worn cameras for deputies falling under the auspices of the ordinance. "How do we chart that and report it at the end of the year? It makes the job more onerous in terms of doing the job and investigative work."
As long as the county provides funding for this, I don't see the problem. Accountability isn't free, but it's worth the cost.
- shostack 11y agoYeah, as someone who used to be a Santa Clara county tax payer (now San Mateo county), my gut response to law enforcement is "you dug your own grave and this is what it takes to retain whatever shred of trust the tax payers may have had in you." Then I'd cue the world's smallest violin.
- fiatmoney 11y agoIf only there was some sort of machine that was good at making and aggregating records.
- trhway 11y ago>Accountability isn't free, but it's worth the cost. actually there is a lot of system-wide cost saving that comes from such accountability - how much would be saved if all those internal investigations and prolonged court testimonies with cross examinations can be cut short just by watching the video? Non-guilty people not being put in jail has also enormous economical, beside all others, benefit to society.