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from the eye-think-we-are-being-watched dept.
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: 4, Interesting) by Fauxlosopher on Thursday September 08 2016, @05:08PM
Oh, there's plenty of evidence to back up claims that police corruption is rampant, that bad cops are protected by... uh, not-bad-but-not-really-good-or-something cops, etc.
Jay Dobyns, Thomas Drake, and Donna Watts are the people who I've read about in-depth and come tio mind immediately. Many, many more such people seem to be out there: Shannon Spalding, Daniel Echeverria, Jonathan Newton, Adrian Schoolcraft, Frank Serpico, Laura Schook, Kristin Bantle, Dave Kleiber, Richard Ceballos, Max Seifert, Pat Burley, Andre Boyer, Kyle Pirog, John Lang, anonymous officers [wnd.com], and "wanted" anonymous officers [thestranger.com]. Ex-cop Christopher Dorner's whole claimed motive for his private war on California cops was regarding institutional police corruption.
At some point, anecdotal evidence piles up to the point where it must be acknowledged lest one risk drowning in it.