Ferguson Pledges to Look Into Dash, Vest Cameras for Police

The City of Ferguson has put out a statement today calling for
peace and calm and “letting justice take its course” (suggestion:
set a better example for the whole “peace and calm” component). In
addition, they’re promising to explore some changes to the
department, much of which is embracing the racial component of the
problem (trying to recruit more minority officers) and some of
which will probably actually be counterproductive (more school
resource officers means more kids getting arrested for minor
crimes, guys).

But the letter does also promise to get vest and dash cams for
their police forces. Rialto, California, when not making national
news for asking middle-schoolers to debate
whether the Holocaust happened, has made national news for
making officers
wear vest cameras, reducing the use of force by police and
complaints against the police.

Read the press release below, courtesy of
Atlantic Wire.
(I attempted to access the city of Ferguson’s official web site to see if they have any
other relevant statements about the current situation only to get a
notification that the site is not available).