The Rochester Coalition for Police Reform is calling for creation of a Community Justice Advisory Board to monitor Rochester Police use of body-worn cameras. The group includes the Genesee Valley Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, United Christian Leadership Ministries and others. They want a formal board to examine and recommend changes as the […]
Rochester’s police union is slamming both the reaction to a viral arrest video that shows an officer tackling a city woman…and the city’s police body camera program. Police Locust Club President Mike Mazzeo says before Letoria Parker was tackled, she had already been told she was under arrest for punching an officer in the face […]
Rochester Police have begun their rollout of the body-worn camera program. Nine Clinton Section officers are already wearing the cameras on duty, and they hope to have another 25 equipped by the end of August. Authorities say they’re bringing the cameras online slowly, working out any bugs as they go. Police say patrol officers will […]