CBC News - Politics - RCMP to test Taser cameras
Except: Complementing stun guns with recording devices may be beneficial because documenting incidents can make police more accountable, said Micheal Vonn, policy director of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association. However, an important factor will be what happens to the video and audio after they are recorded, she said.
There should be protocols to ensure the digital recordings cannot be tampered with and are readily available to police watchdogs, she said. "We see a lot of video go missing that complainants say would support their side of the story."
Vonn noted that a public tussle ensued over an amateur videotape of the October 2007 confrontation involving Dziekanski. The tape was returned to traveller Paul Pritchard, who shot the video and loaned it to the RCMP, after he threatened to go to court.
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