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Hamilton police seeking donations for cruiser cameras
Hamilton City Manager Mark Brandenburger has sent letters to the Molyneaux Foundation and the James M. Cox Foundation asking for $15,000 from each organization to help pay for video cameras to be installed in Hamilton police cruisers. Money had been set aside for the purchases, but the funds were reallocated because of the city’s recent budget cuts. The additional dollars, if granted, would be added to $80,000 that’s come from seven contributors in the community. The Flashback Digital Video System would wirelessly upload onto the Hamilton Police Department’s server. Brandenburger wrote that the cameras would provide the following benefits to the city: • Protects the community if an officer does something wrong • Protects the officers against false accusations • Provides a tamper-proof chain of evidence, freeing up officers’ time to gather evidence. Cameras have become standard equipment for cruisers in many police jurisdictions. I’ll be asking city leaders why cameras weren’t purchased before the city found itself in a budget crunch.
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By AJ
October 9, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this
“If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” If someone runs a trafic light and a police officer isn’t there to see them do it, did they not still run it? That there has to be a police witness to a crime being committed is a bogus argument. If that were true ther would be no murderers or rapists in prison. I’m quite sure that they don’t wait to commit their crimes untill there is a police witness available.By James Bown/Liberty Township
November 19, 2008 12:51 AM | Link to this
I think there should be cameras in ever cruiser in this county.From the two or three man dept.to the largest,BCSD. First for the officer,safety,as well as for the people in the community.Put up some “DONATIONS POTS I’ll man one of them to help put cameras in all the road and street uints.It’s time for the people of this community to shut up,and stand up to make our community safer for all,it’s not just our officers jobs to keep our street, and road safe for all,it is also the people in the community job to see they have the tools to do the best they can do, in their thankless jobs.When’s the last time you can remember someone thanking a policeman for writing them or a family member a ticket to remind them that they where driving at a unsafe speed. That “REMINDER”,just might have help them get home safe,OR JUST MAYBE ONE OF YOUR OWN CHILDREN TO GET HOME SAFE,BEFORE THEY ARE KILLED BY A SPEEDER,OR DUI DRIVER.OR SOME NUT THAT THINKS HE’S IN THE INDY 500…THINK ABOUT IT!! Thank You…