• DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    The sheriff’s office did not release body camera video of the shooting as the sheriff’s office said Officer Joshua Coleman’s body camera batteries died before the pursuit and he hadn’t been able to return to the charging station.

    How the fuck do they not have 12 charged backup batteries and 2 chargers in every car?!?!? I mean, I know how, but what the actual fuck.

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      1 year ago

      Id be willing to bet the batteries were just fine. Or intentionally not charged.

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        Worth every penny, and far from a large expense for cop budgets.

        The LAPD cost more than 50% of the ENTIRE LA budget. Just the cops. Everything else combined costs less than one department.

        If that footage is safe/secure/available and makes these murderous thugs think twice about pulling the trigger, then its worth twice the price.

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        Even for a small town, the yearly budget is likely in the millions of dollars. 60k/year shouldn’t be a crippling expense.