Screeria nigeria. Er the vice chairman gives an update on Missile Defense and nuclear threats. Now, a Senate Judiciary subcommittee holds a hearing on the cost and benefits of police body cameras. Among the witnesses governor tim scott who won the hometown constituent to a recent police shooting. This is 90 minutes. Thank you all for joining us today at this hearing, this subcommittee will come to order and well have a hearing today entitled body cameras can technology increase enforce enforcement . Well have two panels. Ill make a brief Opening Statement and turn it over. I know chairman grassley and. We had this hearing at the request of senator scott. Theres been a lot of discussion about how to protect the public and Law Enforcement officers when forces involved and the idea of body cameras for all of our Police Officers not only to protect them but the public. Senator scott has been one of the leaders in this area. The instant in North Charleston which i think most of us have seen
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Building trust between Law Enforcement and the community truly is Body Worn Cameras worn by officers. I say one piece because there is no silver bullet. There is no panacea. But rather, many pieces to this puzzle. Were here today to listen and to learn from experts on how these cameras can be helpful and at the same time for us to understand the concerns like data retention, disclosure issues. Including foya, costs and training. When do you use the cameras . I look forward to the discussion as well as the hard work ahead. The good news is, according to at least one study, public complaints falls by 90 . Use of force, use of force drops by as much as 60 . Thats moving in the right direction. Tasking the federal government to test body cameras should not be confused with federalizing local policing. Which i would object to. Nor is it an attempt to mandate the use of body cameras. Its an attempt to keep Law Enforcement officers and our communities safer. Let me close with the heart felt d
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