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Menlo Park police propose changes to body-worn camera policy

Original post made on Jan 27, 2015

After the fatal shooting of a burglary suspect by three Menlo Park officers in November went unrecorded by their body-worn cameras, the police department will present the council tonight with suggested changes to its camera policy.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 9:13 AM

Comments

Posted by Nancy
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Jan 27, 2015 at 3:58 pm

It does concern me that the police are to video all and any contacts with the public. If an officer speaks to me, I'd find it unnerving that I'm being recorded. Time for me to start wearing a niqab?


Posted by curiosities finally answered
a resident of Menlo Park: Felton Gables
on Jan 27, 2015 at 4:49 pm

Good start.

And what is the penalty to police officers when they disobey the rules and DO NOT activate the cameras? It seems that's the case of two of the three officers in the incident referenced above.

The retention period should be revised with an eye towards best practices. If MP is going to keep it longer, public access and data mining should be allowed, to answer many long standing questions.

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