I found this video another compelling example for why police body cams
are a great idea.
A woman stopped on the highway for speeding will not produce her
insurance despite the officer asking for it repeatedly and very
politely. She gets increasingly rude to him and finally starts to phone
911 to get a different officer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym8xMOFkxMQ [17 minutes]
The motorcycle cop that stopped her warns her that calling 911 in this situation will be an abuse of the 911 system and she will get charged
for it but she calls anyway. Another cop stops by, apparently as a
result of something he heard over the radio, and he sees all the
subsequent events, which include her trying to drive away. A supervisor
had been requested and when she told her story to him, it was a
continuous body of lies.
The supervisor believed the officers without actually looking at the
body cams but they would have backed up the officers entirely. She had
three charges levied against her and pled nolo contendre to all of them.
The supervisor might have made very different decisions if he'd had any
doubts about the officers or she'd been a bit more persuasive so those
body cams were a great verification of the officers' recollections and
would have been excellent proof if he'd needed any or if the case had
gone to trial.
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Rhino
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