David Smiley from the Miami Herald has an interesting story of how a dashboard mounted camera with audio captured police allegedly framing a DWI suspect.
A video that once again has the Hollywood Police Department investigating allegations of corruption against its officers went undiscovered for months because a DVD filed March in court did [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Self Indicting'
Hollywood, FL: Video clip center of Police probe
August 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · No Verdict
Tags: City Employees Caught On Cam·Police Dashboard Cam·Self Indicting
Pontiac, MI: Teacher charged with assault
July 6th, 2009 · No Comments · No Verdict
// Pontiac, MI is the latest city to follow the 3 step shuffle:
Install a pricey surveillance system
Capture city employee doing something wrong
Tax payers foot massive settlement fee
According to WXYZ:
The incident happened at Pontiac Central High School. The teen, Davion Hudson, is standing in the hallway before the start of class in the morning. His world [...]
Tags: City Employees Caught On Cam·Publically Owned CCTV·Self Indicting
Audio-less surveillance camera creates ambiguous evidence
July 5th, 2009 · No Comments · No Verdict
According to the Mercury News, an Atherton public works supervisor claims woman set him up for harassment lawsuit underneath a indoor surveillance camera.
An Atherton public works supervisor on trial for allegedly grabbing a female officer inside the town police station testified Tuesday that she took him to a break room and inexplicably pushed him away [...]
New Jersey police officer pounds schizophrenic man on CCTV
June 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Public Surveillance Failure
This privately owned CCTV camera was supposed to monitor patrons outside of Lawrence's Grill and Bar. It soon served a second purpose — as contradictory evidence to an altercation with a local Passaic police officer.
Holloway, who is on medication for schizophrenia, joined more than 80 others outside that community's city hall Saturday to demand [...]
Los Angeles MTA security guards caught giving the smack-down to commuters
May 18th, 2009 · No Comments · No Verdict
In another round of "CCTV cameras make the world safer", the question that keeps coming up is safer from who?!
The LA Times is reporting today about repeated assualts by the guards which have prompted about 11 investigations.
"They are not meant to be acting as police officers," said Sheriff's Cmdr. Dan Finkelstein, who oversees [...]
Tags: City Employees Caught On Cam·Publically Owned CCTV·Self Indicting
Austin PD caught running red lights
May 6th, 2009 · No Comments · No Verdict
When cities are a victim of their own success, Red Light Cameras (RLCs) are the flawed method to fix intersection problems.
Having been caught red handed the Austin PD Chief defends his officers even though protocol for running red lights requires having lights and sirens on.
To provide a legal loophole "whitelist" of vehicles that can run lights, senate Bill 398 is [...]
Tags: City Employees Caught On Cam·Red Light Cameras·Self Indicting
CCTV footage as self-indicting evidence
May 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · No Verdict
Surveillance video is supposed to keep the population safer. At least that's the argument. Lately, however, camera footage is surfacing that shows that our civil servants aren't so.. well, um, civil.
When Evidence From Surveillance Cameras Leads to Charges Against Officers
Two Officers Accused of Raping an Intoxicated Woman They Escorted Home
Embedded video from CNN [...]
Tags: City Employees Caught On Cam·Privately owned CCTV·Publically Owned CCTV·Self Indicting
