Body Worn Cameras
Body worn cameras are a tool designed to record police interactions with civilians, for a multitude of purposes. Primarily, the purpose of the cameras is to provide an impartial record of events, and to assist in fact-finding when problems arise, which increases accountability for the police and civilians alike. Studies have shown the use of…
5/25/16 Last week a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ordered the release of portions of bodycam video footage in the Philip Brailsford case, in which an ex-Mesa Police officer is accused of second-degree murder in the January 18, 2016 shooting death of Daniel Shaver. Because of the circumstances surrounding the killing, namely, that Mr.…
5/20/16 A Florida man, travelling home through Georgia with his parents and fiancée, was killed after a bizarre confrontation with Sheriff’s deputies. Having recently been behaving strangely and alarming his loved ones, possibly due to ingestion of a synthetic form of marijuana, his family pulled over and called police to help him. Bodycam videos…
5/18/16 Yesterday concluded a two-day preliminary hearing in the second degree murder case against former Mesa Police Department Officer Philip Brailsford, charged in the January 18, 2016 shooting death of Daniel Shaver. At the conclusion of the hearing Judge Sam Myers ruled that the State had presented enough evidence to establish probable cause for the…
4/5/16 Prosecutors and defense attorneys filed a joint motion for protective order in the Philip Brailsford case, which was granted on Thursday. The order prohibits the dissemination of the Axon body camera evidence in the 2nd degree murder case against Brailsford, which is ongoing. Laney Sweet, the wife of Daniel Shaver, who was killed by…
4/4/16 Police agencies nationwide have adopted on-body video cameras as a way to improve the documentation of case evidence. While it is easy to assume the camera lens is an infallible and impartial eye, this recent article from the New York Times sheds a very interesting light on what is, and is not, captured by…
2/10/16 Local Phoenix officials request provision in the new City budget for body cameras for all Phoenix Police patrol officers, within three years. An estimate of the cost for same exceeds $3.5 million dollars, offset by a federal grant of $637,000.00. Phoenix currently has about 150 body cameras in use, most of which are…