Re:A Test of Police Body Cameras Defies Expectations
by PhasmaFelis on Friday October 20, 2017 @08:38PM
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Police departments have budgets, not blank checks. If the police come to the local government saying they need an extra umpty-million this year because they keep getting sued for brutality, questions are going to be asked.
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Re:A Test of Police Body Cameras Defies Expectations
by magnetic on Sunday October 22, 2017 @12:16AM
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Certainly, but at the end of the day, they'll say: "well if we don't get $x then we will have to cut the force. If we don't pay our officers, they are just going to leave."
What do you do then? You can fire people you hold accountable, but that isn't going to fix your budget situation: if you don't fund the PD, the services are going to be cut, and taxpayers are going to be impacted.