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A pilot program was scheduled to start last week. But after no officers volunteered, Commissioner William Evans ordered 100 officers to wear the cameras. That prompted the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association to ask a judge to issue an injunction to halt the program until a new agreement can be negotiated.
Union President Patrick Rose testified Tuesday that the city violated its agreement with the union when Evans assigned officers to what was supposed to be an all-volunteer program. Rose acknowledged that he told members not to volunteer for the program before the union had reached an agreement with the city.
[...] Evans said he wants the program to begin next week and believes it's within his authority as police commissioner to order officers to wear the cameras.
No word on whether or not the Commissioner volunteered to wear a camera.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 08 2016, @03:50PM
> They believe that they are doing their jobs properly and correctly, so they don't care that a camera watches them all day.
Nobody wants to be big brothered because sane people realize their own imperfection and would prefer to simply not have to deal with the hassle of being judged. That doesn't mean police shouldn't be required to wear cameras. It just means that this reaction is not proof of anything beyond the fact that cops are people too.