Debate Over Body-Worn Cameras for Law Enforcement | The Line

October 18, 2019 – Despite offers by the Bernalillo County Commission of more than $1million in financial support, Sheriff Manny Gonzales is still refusing to outfit his deputies with body cameras. While police-reform advocates say they’re important accountability tools, Sheriff Gonzales says body cams would be used to unfairly criticize deputies. Gene Grant and The Line opinion panel debate the benefit of body cameras for law enforcement officers in New Mexico.

Line Panelists:
Janice Arnold-Jones, former state representative
Michael Bird, public health consultant
Dede Feldman, former state senator
Edmund E. Perea, attorney

For Further Reading/Watching:
Commissioners Try Again to Get Sheriff to Accept Use of Cameras – Albuquerque Journal
Family of Woman Killed by BCSO Deputies Calls for Use of Lapel Cameras – KOB 4
Autopsy: Woman Shot by BCSO at Least 21 Times – Albuquerque Journal