On Friday, August 25, 2023 at 4:35:56 PM UTC-7, Tim Norfolk wrote:
On Friday, August 25, 2023 at 5:32:55 AM UTC-4, jack roth wrote:
Recent deputy involved shooting in my city. Righteous shooting caught on many cameras against a suspect that had two guns and fired first at the deputy. But, the deputy doing the shooting was the only deputy who didn't have his body camera turned on.
Does this deputy get disciplined for not having his body camera turned on? If yes, what's the punishment?
Why wasn't his turned on? I do know that there have been quite a few fatal incidents nationally where the camera was turned off right before. Perhaps 6 months desk duty?
I asked and haven't received a reply why yet. IMO, if he turned it off right before, that's minimum a firing. If he just forgot to turn it back on after he went to the bathroom, then maybe the normal chain of discipline, verbal, written, etc. If
after studying his body camera history, they can deduce he just doesn't like the camera and keeps it off, that's auto-suspension at minimum. I'm sure he's still at desk duty until they are fully done with the investigation, but the shooting couldn't be
more clean IMO, but I have problems with anyone keeping their body camera off. Cameras work both ways and solve a lot of problems.
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