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) by Zinho on Thursday September 08 2016, @05:50PM
The thin blue line, [policeone.com] apparently you've never heard of it.
I find it interesting that the author of the article I linked spends so much energy refuting the negative interpretation of that term after stating at the beginning that his own academy instructor was hesitant to use it in class because of the cultural baggage of the term.
It's been 45 years since Frank Serpico [wikipedia.org] was (allegedly?) set up by his squad mates to get murdered by a drug dealer for trying to report on corruption in the ranks. In part due to his courage and testimony at the Knapp commission [wikipedia.org] the world has changed a lot since then, for the better. I would be naive, however, to believe that no remnants of that former culture remained.
More links:
The official line regarding the "blue wall of silence" [policechiefmagazine.org]
The reality beat cops have to live with [oathkeepers.org]
"Space Exploration is not endless circles in low earth orbit." -Buzz Aldrin