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SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Three Schenectady police officers have been indicted by a grand jury on official misconduct charges for their actions during an arrest in December.
Schenectady PBA President Bob Hamilton said, "I've never seen anything like this before, and quite frankly, it's unconscionable."
Schenectady cops shielded their own as officers Andrew Karaskiewicz, Gregory Hafensteiner and Eric Reyell are all now suspended without pay after being arraigned on official misconduct charges. Karaskiewicz, Hafensteiner and Reyell pleaded not guilty to failure ... Read more
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WCPO - Cincinnati,OH,USA
14 June 2007
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Police officers often come under fire for how they handle suspects. They say cruiser cameras can help sort out exactly what happened.
Now, a local police chief wants to take his department's access to video to the next level.
We are used to seeing police chases captured on video and it was just last week that a surveillance camera caught a suspect attacking a City of Fairfield officer in the booking room.
But how about recording every moment that leads to a tasing?
The technology is available and Fairfield Township police officers say they'd like to have it.
"As soon as you turn it on, the power's on. That's when the camera starts to record everything," says officer Jill Ebbing.
"So if you start being combative, it will show that either you're coming at me, you're being violent, you have a gun, you have a weapon and that's on there," said Ebbing.
The camera attaches to the bottom of the taser.
As soon as the officer flips the safety off the taser, the three-ounce camera starts recording.
Chief Richard St. John wants 23 of the $400 cameras so each of his officers has one.
"Stop to think about it. It makes a lot of sense," says St. John. "The individual sitting in the courtroom in the defendant's chair wearing the suit and tie needs to be shown to the judge and jury two weeks ago he was the individual in his back bedroom in cut off shorts, T-shirt with a beer belly lunging at the police officer, or lunging at his wife or kids," says the police chief.
According to Taser International, 96% of complaints in which video was available, the evidence exonerated the officer.
"It's black and white. It goes to court with us," says Ebbing.
The Fairfield Township police chief is applying for a grant that would cover 90% of the bill for the taser cams.
He wants them as soon as possible.
The Loveland Police department has three taser cams on the way.
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