Dash cams

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My dash cam experience is a little dated now as I was doing the research and budgeting for that several years back.They were expensive and we were only budgeting them for the traffic cars due to the expense. Security was important and the units were secured in steel cases securely mounted to the vehicle. They required a key to access. This was to prevent tampering by suspects. In some cases they are made tamper proof from the officers as well and can only be accessed at the end of the shift. Normally the camera turns on automatically when the emergency lights are activated. There were a number of other law enforcement specific specifications. I'm sure costs have come down but Obie is correct in that the inexpensive model is not sufficient.

kalakoa is off base. It is a cost issue, plus the systems designed for police are made to specifically fit standard cop cars, of which there are probably only about 5. I know it was an issue for us when the Dept. changed from the Crown Vic to the Impala. The old ones wouldn't fit the new cars. This actually resulted in some non traffic rookie deputies getting the cameras as they generally got the hand me down wore out cars. We didn't hot seat. A car was assigned to each deputy.

While in some cases the videos have bitten the officers, in the vast majority of cases they prove that allegations made against the officer are false. Of course it's only the ones showing the officer in a bad light that gets the publicity. There is currently a YouTube of a Citrus County Fla deputy screwing up on his dash cam. It's a 2009 incident that's just now going viral. I guarantee he wishes that video wasn't around. Dumb ass!



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