Robin Fritz, a 5-foot-1-inch woman in her early 60s, was “terrified” when she was tackled by a sheriff’s deputy in Sullivan County, Tennessee, she said in a civil rights lawsuit filed last year.
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Few agencies remain camera shy
Data gathered from October 2022 to May 2023 shows of the 142 agencies that answered questions on camera availability or use, 93 said they had both body and dashboard cameras for at least one of their members and vehicles.
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A Bloomington Police officer wears a camera while investigating the scene of a shooting in 2018.
DAVID PROEBER, THE PANTAGRAPH
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Edward Crawford returns a tear gas canister fired by police who were trying to disperse protesters in Ferguson, Missouri. Four days earlier, unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was shot to death by white police officer Darren Wilson in August 2014. The killing ignited riots and unrest in the St. Louis area and across the nation.
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Hobart Police Chief Garrett Ciszewski said body cameras cost too much for his department to afford.
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A body camera tested by the Hammond Police Department.
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Many controversial police shootings or violence begin as routine traffic stops: Philando Castile, Patrick Lyoya, George Floyd and others. But a new study says the first few words from an officer to a motorist can help predict whether a stop will escalate.
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