DUI Cameras: Illinois DUI squad cars to get video?
Chicago, IL - Illinois prosecutors are pushing to outfit police cars with cameras for Illinois DUI arrests. Here's the article:
I find this interesting, since many jurisdictions who have experimented with police car video cameras for DUI investigations have later, at the request of prosecutors' offices, abandoned the use of the videos. The reason, presumably, was that the videos contradicted the police reports. With video evidence, it is difficult for DUI officers to fabricate physical symptoms such as swaying and balance issues. It also makes interpretation of the DUI field sobriety tests much less subjective.Prosecutor says top DUI cops need squad-car cameras :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State: "The top prosecutor in Cook County's Traffic Court has asked the Chicago Police to assign video-equipped squad cars to officers who frequently make drunken-driving arrests. Lawrence X. O'Reilly, supervisor of the state's attorney's traffic division, has identified 28 Chicago officers who regularly have DUI cases before the court, sources said. O'Reilly wants them to have video evidence to support their arrests."
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Police should havecameras in every car for the safety of both the police and the accused.It is sad that police fabricate and juice up the report when if they would just be honest they wouldn't trip over there lies . Police should get punished for lying on reports. It hurts people and there families when they have to go through the hastle of lawers and court cost's. And it hurts good police to by tainting the uniform and badge. So yes it should be manditory that all squad cars should have cameras.....It will probally never happen though because from past exp. it usally shows the police in the wrong.. If your not a crooked officer then there shouldnt be a problem.