ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — The state Attorney General’s office called Tuesday for a law requiring every police and sheriff’s department in New York to use body-worn and dashboard cameras. The recommendation from the Law Enforcement Misconduct Investigative Office, or LEMIO, claims that video helps hold officers accountable.
In its fifth annual report, Tuesday, LEMIO urged the State Legislature to pass a statute mandating body and dash cams for all law enforcement encounters. The report points out that the Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation needs video to determine the truth and decide whether to charge officers involved in civilian deaths.
“Footage of interactions between law enforcement and the public can promote accountability for misconduct that might otherwise go undetected and protect officers who are wrongly accused,” the report stated.
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Acknowledging that the costs of new equipment might burden small rural agencies, LEMIO wants the state to help smaller departments pay for the cameras and storage for the high volume of data they’ll generate…