Columbia Police Review Board suggests increase in police’s audio and visual recording

Sep 9, 2010

The Citizens Police Review Board decided Wednesday night that Columbia police officers should keep their cameras rolling.

Sep 9, 2010

The Citizens Police Review Board decided Wednesday night that Columbia police officers should keep their cameras rolling.

Jennifer Bukowsky, an attorney with the Boone County Public Defender’s office, presented a proposal to the board calling for police officers to use cameras in their squad cars more often and to keep audio and video records longer.

“Taxpayers have already paid for them, and they are already installed,” Bukowsky said of the cameras. “They are with them everywhere they go.”

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