>> NATIONWIDE, OFFICERS THAT
HAVE BODY CAMERAS, CITIZENS
COMPLAINTS HAVE DECREASED.
AS FAR AS CRIMINAL PROCEDURES,
IT IS GOING TO HELP A LOT
BECAUSE NOW THERE IS GOING TO BE
THE WHOLE PICTURE FROM START TO
FINISH.
LOWELL MONDAY, ABERDEEN POLICE
: DEPARTMENT JOINED THE RANKS OF
MANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
AROUND THE STATE INCLUDING
BALTIMORE CITY AND COUNTY TO
BRING BODY-WORN CAMERAS ONLINE
>> IT GIVES THE CITIZENS
PROTECTION OR AND THE OFFICER
ROLES -- AND THE OFFICER’S
PROTECTION.
LOWELL: THE $200,000 PROGRAM
WILL BE ROLLED OUT IN PHASES
WITH THE FIRST PHASE BEGINNING
TODAY WITH TWO PATROL SQUADS
BEING OUTFITTE
>> WE WILL TEST RUN THOSE, MAKE
SURE THERE IS NO KINKS IN THE
SYSTEM, MAKE SURE THEY ARE DOING
WHAT THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
LOWELL PHASES TWO AND THREE WILL
: BE ROLLED OUT IN THE NEXT TWO
WEEKS WITH CAMERAS ULTIMATELY
BEING ISSUED TO EVERY MEMBER OF
THE DEPARTMENT FROM SERGEANT AND
BELO
THE IDEA WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BY
THE DEPARTMENT’S CHIEF WHO TOOK
IT TO CITY HALL WHERE THE MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVE
>> THEY REVIEWED THE STUDIES,
THEY REVIEWED OTHER AGENCIES
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THAT USE
THEM AND IT WAS A NO-BRAINER FOR
THEM.
THEY FUNDED IT FULLY AND EXPECT
TO CONTINUE TO FUND IT FULLY.
LOWELL OFFICERS ACTIVATE THE
: CAMERA BY TAPPING ON IT AND
WILL BE INITIATED FOR ALL CALLS
SERVICE.
THE VIDEOS CAN BE RELEASED TO
THE PUBLIC THROUGH SUBPOENAS AND
SUMMONSES LIKE IN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS.
THE PROGRAM SHOULD BE FULLY
ONLINE BY THE SECOND WEEK OF
SEPTEMBER.
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE PROGRAM IN THE WBAL-TV
AP
LIVE IN ABERDEEN, LOWELL MELSER,
WBAL TV 11 N
