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| D.C. police will wear body cameras as part of pilot program | D.C. police will wear body cameras as part of pilot program |
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| D.C. police will begin wearing body cameras to document events, actions and statements made during arrests and traffic stops. | |
| Gray (D) and D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier announced a pilot program on Wednesday that will supply Metropolitan Police Department authorities with cameras to “help ensure the safety of both MPD officers and the public,” the release said. | |
| Lanier has been considering body cameras for the past 18 months. She first introduced the idea in January and has discussed the issue twice at D.C. Council hearings. | Lanier has been considering body cameras for the past 18 months. She first introduced the idea in January and has discussed the issue twice at D.C. Council hearings. |
| D.C. police officers will not be the first in the area to have body cameras. Police officers in Laurel, Md., began wearing cameras in 2013. And the idea of police officers wearing body cameras gained national impetus after a police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager, in Ferguson, Mo., on Aug. 9. | D.C. police officers will not be the first in the area to have body cameras. Police officers in Laurel, Md., began wearing cameras in 2013. And the idea of police officers wearing body cameras gained national impetus after a police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager, in Ferguson, Mo., on Aug. 9. |
| Earlier this month, the New York Police Department started a body camera test program with 60 officers, after a federal judge ordered the agency to begin using cameras to address concerns about racial profiling. The Los Angeles Police Department is also conducting similar tests with two types of cameras. | Earlier this month, the New York Police Department started a body camera test program with 60 officers, after a federal judge ordered the agency to begin using cameras to address concerns about racial profiling. The Los Angeles Police Department is also conducting similar tests with two types of cameras. |
| Police in the District will decide where to mount the cameras — on the lapel, on the cap or the front of the shirt — and for how long and under what circumstances recordings will be kept. | Police in the District will decide where to mount the cameras — on the lapel, on the cap or the front of the shirt — and for how long and under what circumstances recordings will be kept. |
| The scope and the time frame of the pilot program were being released at a 10 a.m. news conference. | |
| Peter Hermann contributed to this report. | Peter Hermann contributed to this report. |