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Cleveland PD to get digital recorders for patrol cars
By ALEX WUKMAN
At a September 2 special meeting, the Cleveland City Council approved a lease agreement for digital video recorders for police cars. The approval came a week after Mayor Jill Kirkonis said in her State of the City address that “digital recorders were on the way.”
The new video system will feature two cameras one facing forward and one in the rear. The rear camera will be able to be positioned any way that the department chooses. The cameras will be installed in the department’s patrol cars.
The total camera system upgrade will cost the city $69,347.73, an expense that no one on city council disputed.
“This is to protect our cases and officers,” said city manager Philip Cook. There was no statement as to when the new cameras would be delivered to the police department.
At Wednesday’s meeting of the Cleveland Rotary Club, the subject of the in-car cameras was brought up. It was alleged that some CPD cases have been compromised due to the poor film quality.
This statement was confirmed by Rotarian and County Court-at-Law Judge Don Taylor, who was in attendance at Wednesday’s meeting.
Taylor agreed with the need for new cameras, adding that grand juries have had difficulty with some video evidence from Cleveland Police Department because of the footage being too dark and shaky to tell what’s going on.
The new video system will feature two cameras one facing forward and one in the rear. The rear camera will be able to be positioned any way that the department chooses. The cameras will be installed in the department’s patrol cars.
The total camera system upgrade will cost the city $69,347.73, an expense that no one on city council disputed.
“This is to protect our cases and officers,” said city manager Philip Cook. There was no statement as to when the new cameras would be delivered to the police department.
At Wednesday’s meeting of the Cleveland Rotary Club, the subject of the in-car cameras was brought up. It was alleged that some CPD cases have been compromised due to the poor film quality.
This statement was confirmed by Rotarian and County Court-at-Law Judge Don Taylor, who was in attendance at Wednesday’s meeting.
Taylor agreed with the need for new cameras, adding that grand juries have had difficulty with some video evidence from Cleveland Police Department because of the footage being too dark and shaky to tell what’s going on.
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