01-26-2013, 08:41 AM
If the dash cams actually do prove to the officers benefit most of the time, and the fact that our county paid "almost twice as much as vehicles obtained by other police departments" for the marked county police vehicles we did order & receive, I honestly do not understand why the county did not get the dash cams in the package....or what they got that is sooo much better when they paid almost twice the what other police depts pay for their marked vehicles...
Kinda do think they could have sprung for the dash cam since it doesn't seem like budget cuts were the issue on the order ...
Even at a couple of thousand, I would think that the added evidence ability for a car would make it a valuable tool for the officer owned cars...again, amortized over the life of the vehicle, not really a big amount of $$$$
Seeing how some officers do seem to choose upgrade option packages for the cars they drive... the dash cam seems to be one they would want to have....
Of course, maybe they do fear getting caught doing something they are not supposed to do...but that would be more of a training issue....
Added: Hey, you even included a parts car for ours in your dash cam, thanks!
Month later added:
Tom, until you posted this thread I didn't have a clue about the rise in dashcams in Russia... thanks to those dashcams, I have been able to follow a meteorite as it screams across the sky (the only videos I have found of this were the dashcam videos - who woulda known the reason why there were these dashcam videos! (and I do esp. like the double tie- in to TomK!)
Kinda do think they could have sprung for the dash cam since it doesn't seem like budget cuts were the issue on the order ...
Even at a couple of thousand, I would think that the added evidence ability for a car would make it a valuable tool for the officer owned cars...again, amortized over the life of the vehicle, not really a big amount of $$$$
Seeing how some officers do seem to choose upgrade option packages for the cars they drive... the dash cam seems to be one they would want to have....
Of course, maybe they do fear getting caught doing something they are not supposed to do...but that would be more of a training issue....
Added: Hey, you even included a parts car for ours in your dash cam, thanks!
Month later added:
Tom, until you posted this thread I didn't have a clue about the rise in dashcams in Russia... thanks to those dashcams, I have been able to follow a meteorite as it screams across the sky (the only videos I have found of this were the dashcam videos - who woulda known the reason why there were these dashcam videos! (and I do esp. like the double tie- in to TomK!)