Video recorders installed in cop cars
NORWICH – Police from six different local agencies came together at the Sheriff’s Office Friday to receive new video camera equipment that will be installed in patrol cars across the county.
The Chenango County Traffic Safety Board sponsored the installation of the six recording devices in patrol cars from the Sheriff’s Office, Norwich, Oxford, Greene, New Berlin and Afton agencies.
The $30,000 for the equipment was paid for by the 15-member board through the collection of DWI and other drug-related fines, said chairman Harold Ives.
“The overall goal is to reduce traffic deaths and injuries. We want the public to be aware that the cameras are going to be out there and that they’ll hopefully curtail DWI’s and save lives,” said Ives.
Officers met at the Sheriff’s station Friday and received training while each agency’s car was outfitted in the garage.
“These will be very helpful especially in court when you have a defendant saying one thing when they were acting another. We’ll just show it to the jury,” said Norwich City Police Chief Joseph Angelino.
“Ninety-nine percent of the time we go to trial for a DWI, it is after someone refused a breathalyzer. By the time it gets to be a felony, they’ve already had prior contact with the law and basically understand how things work. They figure that if they refuse the breathalyzer, then it’s simply the officer’s word against theirs,” said Assistant District Attorney Stephen Dunshee.
“With a camera in the officer’s car, we can show why they were pulled over, swerving or whatever, and then we can show the officer administering the field sobriety test and the subject’s general demeanor, directly to the jury. That’s tough to beat,” he said.
The devices will be mounted on the windshields of the patrol cars and will retain all information digitally. All six cameras have been functional since Friday and Ives said all police cars will eventually have cameras.
The Chenango County Traffic Safety Board sponsored the installation of the six recording devices in patrol cars from the Sheriff’s Office, Norwich, Oxford, Greene, New Berlin and Afton agencies.
The $30,000 for the equipment was paid for by the 15-member board through the collection of DWI and other drug-related fines, said chairman Harold Ives.
“The overall goal is to reduce traffic deaths and injuries. We want the public to be aware that the cameras are going to be out there and that they’ll hopefully curtail DWI’s and save lives,” said Ives.
Officers met at the Sheriff’s station Friday and received training while each agency’s car was outfitted in the garage.
“These will be very helpful especially in court when you have a defendant saying one thing when they were acting another. We’ll just show it to the jury,” said Norwich City Police Chief Joseph Angelino.
“Ninety-nine percent of the time we go to trial for a DWI, it is after someone refused a breathalyzer. By the time it gets to be a felony, they’ve already had prior contact with the law and basically understand how things work. They figure that if they refuse the breathalyzer, then it’s simply the officer’s word against theirs,” said Assistant District Attorney Stephen Dunshee.
“With a camera in the officer’s car, we can show why they were pulled over, swerving or whatever, and then we can show the officer administering the field sobriety test and the subject’s general demeanor, directly to the jury. That’s tough to beat,” he said.
The devices will be mounted on the windshields of the patrol cars and will retain all information digitally. All six cameras have been functional since Friday and Ives said all police cars will eventually have cameras.
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