The rising number of law enforcement agencies using body cameras is presenting a proverbial double-edged sword for public defenders in the Carolinas. On one hand, footage taken during arrests and other incidents provide them with a chest-eye view of ...

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GREENVILLE (AP) Police in one South Carolina city are phasing out in-car dashboard cameras in favor of body cameras. The Greenville News reported June 25 that the Greenville Police Department’s change could impact agency transparency, as unlike dashboard cameras, body cameras aren’t ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The deadline for South Carolina police agencies to submit rules for body cameras to the state’s Law Enforcement Training Council is here. The State newspaper in Columbia reports that Monday is the deadline for the new ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In the wake of unrest in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore over police killings of unarmed black men, the trial of a former Charlotte police officer charged with manslaughter for the 2013 shooting of Jonathon Ferrell has ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Prompted by the shooting of an unarmed black man in Ferguson, Missouri, last year, South Carolina legislators pre-filed bills in late 2014 regarding the use of body cameras, initially requiring all the state’s law officers to ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) — The Senate passed a bill Wednesday that aims to eventually equip law enforcement officers across South Carolina with body cameras but restricts the public release of the videos. The Senate, by a 41-3 vote, approved a measure ...

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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — State legislators are pushing to make it much harder to release police officer body camera videos, undermining their promise as a tool people can use to hold law enforcement accountable. Lawmakers in at least 15 ...

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COLUMBIA  (AP) — A bill to require all South Carolina police officers to wear body cameras raises privacy and financial concerns, some law officers told a state Senate panel Wednesday. The legislation would make it mandatory for all law officers in South Carolina ...

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