City officials unveiled new technology Thursday that allows 911 callers to provide livestream video to dispatchers in an effort to keep first responders safe while mitigating communication barriers.
The rise in body-worn camera use has not been accompanied by an increase in police transparency — in large part because of a vague exception in Nebraska s public records law.
County Attorney Pat Condon said his office had filed a motion to appoint a special prosecutor in the case Friday — two days after LPD officials requested such a prosecutor.
"If police officers, firefighters and other first responders aren’t safe on the job, how can our community have confidence when they seek help in emergency situations?" Angela Sands said.
The incident transpired earlier this month in the seventh-grader s classroom at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School in Port Charlotte, as students read aloud from the classic novel.