BOSTON (AP) – Boston Police Commissioner William Evans says he plans to randomly assign body cameras to 100 officers by September after none of them volunteered for the pilot program. The Boston Globe reports Evans made the comments Tuesday during his monthly “Ask the Commissioner” interview on WGBH-FM’s Boston Public Radio. The move comes after…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed a bill into law that will restrict access to video from police car dashboard and body cameras. Nixon signed legislation Friday that will restrict public access to video footage until investigations are finished. It also allows recordings in nonpublic areas to be restricted except…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Legislation limiting public access to police body camera videos has won final approval in Missouri in a move that some supporters hope will help encourage their use. The bill’s passage Tuesday comes nearly two years after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson touched off massive protests over…