{"id":1960,"date":"2015-10-17T22:06:12","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T02:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newbostonvillage.com\/?p=1960"},"modified":"2017-10-22T22:25:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T02:25:25","slug":"new-boston-police-first-with-body-cams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newbostonvillage.com\/?p=1960","title":{"rendered":"New Boston Police first with body cams"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW BOSTON \u2014 New Boston Police Captain Steve Goins says transparency and protection for their officers are the main reasons the New Boston Police Department is the first department in Scioto County in which every officer is equipped with a body camera. \u201cWe got a grant for about $8,000 from the Ohio Criminal Justice Service a couple of months ago to purchase eight body cameras and each officer has their own body camera,\u201d Goins said. canada goose rose<\/a> Goins said he sees a lot of benefits in implementing the cameras. \u201cFor us, we work by ourselves sometimes and that kind of helps create a record of what occurred if something happens to that officer,\u201d Goins said. \u201cUsually he is there by himself \u2013 no other witnesses \u2013 so if the officer gets hurt then we know what happened to him.\u201d Goins said the cameras serve another important purpose. adidas pure boost homme<\/a> \u201cThe chief and I look at it as a transparency thing too,\u201d Goins said. nike air maxschoenen<\/a> \u201cWe expect our officers to be professional and they are, and our officers know that we have a policy of when to turn the cameras on and they know they\u2019re being recorded and we expect them to be professional at all times.\u201d Goins said it is not a case of spying on officers. \u201cIt creates a record that shows what happens and what was said because sometimes we get accused falsely by people just because they\u2019re mad at the police or they\u2019re mad because they\u2019re getting a ticket,\u201d Goins said. Connor Shaw<\/a> \u201cSo it creates that record.\u201d Goins said cameras are nothing new for the New Boston Police. For about the last seven years they have had dash-mounted cameras in their cruisers to record all activities in front of the cruisers. Goins said the department selected the Taser Axon model. air max 90 bianco uomo<\/a><\/li>\n

\"BodyCam1\" “Captain Steve Goins holds a Taser Axon body camera. Chaussures Under Armour Pas Cher<\/a> The New Boston Police Department became the first police unit in Scioto County to have every officer wear a body camera.” \u201cIt has a good picture and good audio and the grant allows us to purchase the first years subscription software to the Taser website, that, when officers come in at the end of their shift, we have a docking port and those officers put their cameras into the docking port and everything that they have recorded during their shift automatically downloads to the TasersEvidence.com website,\u201d Goins said. \u201cIt puts it into a computer program for me to where I can go in and bring up an officer\u2019s name and date and time and it will bring up that recording.\u201d \"BodyCam2\" “A body camera next to a ruler shows the actual size of the unit now worn by all members of the New Boston Police Department.” Goins said his department can download video from the computer and make a copy of it for court cases and for the prosecutor. \u201cOur main thing is transparency,\u201d Goins said. Fjallraven Kanken Infantil<\/a> \u201cWe have nothing to hide. We\u2019re not perfect. Asics Gel Kinsei 6 Homme<\/a> Police make mistakes sometimes, and we learn from our mistakes and be professional about it and go on and try to do better.\u201d After this year, Goins said the cost to the village should be around $1,100 per year. Goins said it helps Chief Darrold Clark make sure his officers are performing their duties in a professional manner and at the same time protects the officer from being accused of any wrongdoing. \"BodyCam3\" “Captain Steve Goins wears a new Taser Axon body camera at the top of his shirt. All members of the New Boston Police Department are now equipped with the cameras.” A bipartisan bill in Ohio sponsored by State Representatives Kevin Boyce (D-Columbus) and Cheryl Grossman (R-Grove City) would require law enforcement agencies to have rules governing the use of body cameras, and that such policies be made public. \u201cRequiring an agency to develop a policy before implementing a body worn camera program is not only prudent for the officers utilizing the technology, but also for the citizen who is in contact with the officers and those wishing to obtain camera footage,\u201d Portsmouth Police Chief Robert Ware said. \u201cAs with all law enforcement policy, having policy open to the public is in keeping with Ohio Open Records laws and provides for better understanding by all parties.\u201d Ware has expressed his support for body cameras in the past, but with the concern as to how to fund a project as large as providing the equipment for everyone in his department. \u201cAt this time we are not actively pursuing this project but I do intend on taking a serious look at it after the first of the year,\u201d Scioto County Sheriff Marty V. Donini said. NMD<\/a> \u201cFrom my point of view there is a lot of work into implementing this project even though the public may think its as simple as purchasing the cameras and turning them on.\u201d Donini said, according to research, nearly 25 percent of all law enforcement agencies have implemented some sort of body camera program for their officers. He said research also shows that nearly a third of them have failed to implement the most important part of the body camera program and that is having a policy to regulate the use of the cameras. Developing a policy is so essential, Donini said, because it clarifies the expectations of both, what the law enforcement agency expects from the officer and what the public can expect from the use of the body cameras including any limitations. Marshawn Lynch<\/a> Reach Frank Lewis at 740-353-3101, ext. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEW BOSTON \u2014 New Boston Police Captain Steve Goins says transparency and protection for their officers are the main reasons the New Boston Police Department is the first department in Scioto County in which every officer is equipped with a body camera. \u201cWe got a grant for about $8,000 from the Ohio Criminal Justice Service […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newbostonvillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newbostonvillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newbostonvillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newbostonvillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newbostonvillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1960"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.newbostonvillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3812,"href":"https:\/\/www.newbostonvillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions\/3812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newbostonvillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newbostonvillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newbostonvillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}