Ferguson: no dash-cam video of Michael Brown shooting due to lack of $$$

[economics102]

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/14/us/ferguson-dashcams/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Well this is pretty amazing. They don't have a few thousand dollars to install dashcams in friggin' 2014, but they have tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in tanks and other military-grade equipment.

Sheesh.

 

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[AuH20]

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/14/us/ferguson-dashcams/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Well this is pretty amazing. They don't have a few thousand dollars to install dashcams in friggin' 2014, but they have tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in tanks and other military-grade equipment.

Sheesh.

I think the DoD gave them surplus equipment.

 

[presence]

FFS Dash cams are $50 on Amazon and plug into your cigarette lighter.

 

[dillo]

Guys they obviously need to save up for laser death rays, they cant afford petty stuff like dashcams. MOVE ALONG

 

[invisible]

What about all those fines they issue? Isn't this what people pay property taxes for? Why haven't they just sold off a bearcat or two, or perhaps a few AR's and some of that 50 cal ammo?

 

[aGameOfThrones]

I guess we'll have to take the officer's word now.

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

FFS Dash cams are $50 on Amazon and plug into your cigarette lighter.

WHOA! - that's like 10 .50 cal rounds.... maybe 10 minutes of range time...

Yeah, I'm glad these cops have their priorities in order....

-t

 

[Original_Intent]

What would you invest more in - something that makes you more accountable for your actions or something which makes you less accountable? (Dead men tell no tales.)

 

[Mani]

I think the DoD gave them surplus equipment.

There are costs to maintain all those military toys.




I saw a bunch of veterans tweeting about how this PD has way more gear than they had in Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. And then point out...MO, Ferguson. Population: 21,000.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

I guess we'll have to take the officer's word now.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/14/us/ferguson-dashcams/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Well this is pretty amazing. They don't have a few thousand dollars to install dashcams in friggin' 2014, but they have tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in tanks and other military-grade equipment.

Sheesh.

 

[56ktarget]

The military equipment is literally free.

A $50 dash cam might seem cheap, but multiply that by all the patrol cars and you might see why money is a problem.

 

[Mani]

The military equipment is literally free.

A $50 dash cam might seem cheap, but multiply that by all the patrol cars and you might see why money is a problem.

From the article:

Thomas Jackson says his department has 18 patrol cars. This spring, the department purchased two dashboard cameras and two wearable body cameras, but the equipment hasn't been installed because the department doesn't have the money to cover that cost, he said.

A dashcam and installation runs about $3,000, he told CNN.


Who's doing the installation? Sounds like a racket right there.

 

[kcchiefs6465]

The military equipment is literally free.

A $50 dash cam might seem cheap, but multiply that by all the patrol cars and you might see why money is a problem.

"Literally free", Huh?

God blessed us on the Eighth Day and Said, 'Let There Be Bearcats.'

 

[DamianTV]

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/14/us/ferguson-dashcams/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Well this is pretty amazing. They don't have a few thousand dollars to install dashcams in friggin' 2014, but they have tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in tanks and other military-grade equipment.

Sheesh.

A lot of the military equipment is literally that, military, and it is paid for by the military, not the police force. Result is they get something like a Tank that does not come out of their budget.

What I find ironic is they can put enough cameras up to criminalize citizens for so much as spitting, but yeah, cant have a cam to record the incident. The police need to be watched very closely, citizens however should be left alone to make that decision for themselves.

"... anything you say can, and will be used AGAINST you ..."

It says nothing about defending the accused if they are truly innocent.

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

The military equipment is literally free.

Not really. Pick-up/delivery cost, low gas mileage, storage, modifications, regular maintenance, training, etc., etc., make these vehicles a poor return on investment.

 

[tod evans]

What about all those fines they issue? Isn't this what people pay property taxes for?

Silly!

That money is used to pay the pensions of retired "Just-Us" department employees....

 

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[otherone]

Thomas Jackson says his department has 18 patrol cars. This spring, the department purchased two dashboard cameras and two wearable body cameras, but the equipment hasn't been installed because the department doesn't have the money to cover that cost, he said.

A dashcam and installation runs about $3,000, he told CNN.

Sounds like they're wasting all the drug money they're stealing on something else.