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A police shooting of an unarmed woman in Redmond happened last September
and only one media outlet has seriously reported on it, and we still don't know what happened.
Turns out most police departments outside of Seattle don't have body cams.
This is a link to a discussion of her shooting.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215407629
King5 interviewed 213 police agencies about their use of cameras, and this is what they learned.
KING 5's analysis of the 213 responses, collected between July 2 and Nov. 18, revealed:
75% of the agencies had no body cameras in use.
25% were using one or more body cameras.
79% did not use dash cameras.
21% had one or more dash cameras in operation.
63% had no camera system — no body cameras and no dash cameras — to record police interactions.
9% had at least one dash camera and at least one body camera in operation.
75% of the agencies had no body cameras in use.
25% were using one or more body cameras.
79% did not use dash cameras.
21% had one or more dash cameras in operation.
63% had no camera system — no body cameras and no dash cameras — to record police interactions.
9% had at least one dash camera and at least one body camera in operation.
https://www.king5.com/article/news/investigations/most-washington-law-enforcement-agencies-dont-use-body-or-dash-cameras-king-5-investigation-finds/281-3ab69570-d76b-469e-85a2-f91dc2cb169f
