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element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <p class="submitted"> <span class="submitted-by">Posted on December 8, 2015</span> </p> </header> <div class="field-body"> <p style="margin-top: 1.42857em; margin-bottom: 1.42857em; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">On Tuesday, December 8, 2015, Communities United for Police Reform leaders testified before the<a href="/sites/default/files/images/nysa_bwc_hearingagenda12.8.15.pdf" target="_blank"> New York State Assembly on the use of body worn cameras</a> by law enforcement </p> <p style="margin-top: 1.42857em; margin-bottom: 1.42857em; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Written and oral comments stressed several core principles that must be incorporated and prioritized in the development, implementation and evaluation of any body worn camera program.  These include: </p> <ul style="margin-left: 40px;"> <li style="margin-top: 1.42857em; margin-bottom: 1.42857em; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The<strong> primary function</strong> of body worn cameras should be to <strong>reduce discriminatory and abusive policing.</strong></li> <li style="margin-top: 1.42857em; margin-bottom: 1.42857em; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><strong>Communities who are directly impacted by discriminatory and abusive policing must have meaningful & structured input </strong>in the development, implementation & evaluation of any body worn camera program.</li> <li style="margin-top: 1.42857em; margin-bottom: 1.42857em; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Any body worn camera program must be developed and implemented with <strong>maximum transparency & accountability to the public, </strong>while balancing the right of privacy of members of the public.</li> <li style="margin-top: 1.42857em; margin-bottom: 1.42857em; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><strong>Surveillance of members of the public SHOULD NOT be an objective or by product</strong> of any department's body worn camera program.</li> </ul> <p style="margin-top: 1.42857em; margin-bottom: 1.42857em; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><u>Click below to read full written testimony submitted from CPR leaders:</u></p> <p style="margin-top: 1.42857em; margin-bottom: 1.42857em; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 40px;"><a href="/sites/default/files/images/12.8.15_cpr_bwc_hearingtestimony.pdf" target="_blank"><u><strong>Communities United for Police Reform</strong></u></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 1.42857em; margin-bottom: 1.42857em; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 40px;"><a href="/sites/default/files/images/12.8.15_bxd_bwc_hearingtestimony.pdf" target="_blank"><b><u>Bronx Defenders</u></b></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 1.42857em; margin-bottom: 1.42857em; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 40px;"><a href="https://ccrjustice.org/ccr-testimony-ny-state-assembly-use-police-body-cameras" target="_blank"><b><u>Center for Constitutional Rights</u></b></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 1.42857em; margin-bottom: 1.42857em; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 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