If passed, the measure could transform the city’s police misconduct investigations.
Donate NowThe New York City Council is considering whether to give the watchdog agency overseeing the NYPD direct access to officers’ body-worn camera footage — a move that could empower staff to conduct more comprehensive investigations into members of the country’s largest police department.
That access would be a game changer for the Civilian Complaint Review Board, which has often had to endure long delays to get body camera footage — and sometimes never gets it at all. If passed, the legislation would put New York City on a par with cities like Chicago and Washington D.C, where investigators already have direct access to police body-worn camera footage.
At a committee hearing Monday, CCRB Director Jonathan Darche said it doesn’t make sense to have police control access to evidence of their own potential misconduct. “The most important piece of evidence we can find is in the hands of the people being investigated,” he said. “Civilians will have less confidence knowing that we are only getting footage [the police department] has passed on to us.”show that body camera video has a substantial impact on the outcome of police misconduct investigations.
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