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>The images cannot be shared publicly, she said, because the suspects appear to be minors. Really? If you're old enough to rob a train, you should be old enoug

>The images cannot be shared publicly, she said, because the suspects appear to be minors. Really? If you're old enough to rob a train, you should be old enough to have a wanted poster.

jacquesm 9y ago
That's because that wanted poster then stays around forever because of the internet and their records can't be wiped when they reach the age of majority.
- WillPostForFood 9y ago
  Police typically don't release booking photos of minors, because there is nothing to gain, and there is the potential cost you mention. But surveillance footage that might assist in the apprehension of the criminals, even kids, is often released, and rightfully so.
  - jacquesm 9y ago
    In this case they write they have good hope that the department they are working with will be able to ID the suspects so there is as far as I can see no need to release the footage.
    - WillPostForFood 9y ago
      It just shows it is a low priority, and they don't want people to see the footage because it makes BART look bad.
- zeveb 9y ago
  They're part of a violent gang which violently robbed a train — they don't deserve to have their records wiped when they reach adulthood.
  - jacquesm 9y ago
    You should go into politics. Meanwhile, the law is the law and that's how it stands. What you (or I) personally feel they deserve or not doesn't matter.
draw_down 9y ago
That's not really how that works.
Animats 9y ago
That doesn't seem to be the law in California.[1] California prohibits the copying of photographs taken by or for the Coroner at a death scene, but that doesn't apply here. There's no expectation of privacy. It's not a juvenile court record. The video will probably be available eventually. Some of the cameras on BART trains are dummies. After an embarrassment last year, BART has been replacing the dummies with real ones. Completion is scheduled for July 1, 2017. [1] https://www.cga.ct.gov/2013/rpt/2013-R-0364.htm https://www.cga.ct.gov/2013/rpt/2013-R-0364.htm
- Animats 9y ago
  News reports are that six of the nine cars in the train had working cameras.

>The images cannot be shared publicly, she said, because the suspects appear to be minors. Really? If you're old enough to rob a train, you should be old enough to have a wanted poster.

jacquesm 9y ago

That's because that wanted poster then stays around forever because of the internet and their records can't be wiped when they reach the age of majority.

WillPostForFood 9y ago
Police typically don't release booking photos of minors, because there is nothing to gain, and there is the potential cost you mention. But surveillance footage that might assist in the apprehension of the criminals, even kids, is often released, and rightfully so.
- jacquesm 9y ago
  In this case they write they have good hope that the department they are working with will be able to ID the suspects so there is as far as I can see no need to release the footage.
  - WillPostForFood 9y ago
    It just shows it is a low priority, and they don't want people to see the footage because it makes BART look bad.
zeveb 9y ago
They're part of a violent gang which violently robbed a train — they don't deserve to have their records wiped when they reach adulthood.
- jacquesm 9y ago
  You should go into politics. Meanwhile, the law is the law and that's how it stands. What you (or I) personally feel they deserve or not doesn't matter.

draw_down 9y ago

That's not really how that works.

Animats 9y ago

That doesn't seem to be the law in California.[1] California prohibits the copying of photographs taken by or for the Coroner at a death scene, but that doesn't apply here. There's no expectation of privacy. It's not a juvenile court record. The video will probably be available eventually. Some of the cameras on BART trains are dummies. After an embarrassment last year, BART has been replacing the dummies with real ones. Completion is scheduled for July 1, 2017. [1] https://www.cga.ct.gov/2013/rpt/2013-R-0364.htm https://www.cga.ct.gov/2013/rpt/2013-R-0364.htm

Animats 9y ago
News reports are that six of the nine cars in the train had working cameras.