Onondaga County sheriff’s office could have body cameras by end of May, county executive says
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
Posted Apr 29, 2021
A Newark, N.J. police officer displays how a body cam is worn during a news conference unveiling the department s new cameras in 2017. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)AP
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The cameras could be deployed soon after that, McMahon said at a briefing this afternoon.
Sheriff Eugene Conway is expected to turn in a proposal for body cameras by the end the day, county officials said.
The initial estimates put the cost at $450,000-500,000, McMahon said.
Once Conway’s plan is turned in, McMahon’s office will put a final price tag on the program, said Justin Sayles, McMahon’s spokesman. Legislators will vote Tuesday on the proposal to give the sheriff’s office money, he said.
Wildfires, saving injured hiker, finding lost child: Latest DEC Forest Ranger action
Updated 3:06 PM;
State Forest Rangers have kept busy recently dealing with wild flowers, rescuing an injured hiker and finding a lost child.
The following incidents took place between April 19-24. All information below was supplied by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
Town of Lysander. Onondaga County
Illegal Fires: “On April 19 at 6:30 p.m., a Forest Ranger received a call from Onondaga County 911 Dispatch about a woman setting fires in several parking lots at the Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area (WMA). The Phoenix Fire Department responded and extinguished the fires. Ranger Chappell and Ranger Lieutenant Jackson also responded to the site to conduct a preliminary investigation and found the remnants of bonfires in the parking lots. the Ranger interviewed witnesses and identified a possible subject. The following day, the Ranger , along with an Environmental C
In a dizzying day, county exec forces sheriff’s hand on body cams: We’ll pay for them
Updated Apr 23, 2021;
Syracuse, NY Onondaga County Sheriff Gene Conway said in a Syracuse.com article published Friday morning that he had no plans to outfit sheriff’s deputies with body cameras, echoing a stance he’s held for at least four years.
In an extraordinary 9 1/2 hours after Syracuse.com’s story published at 6 a.m., the county went from no plans for body cameras to a pledge to pay for the cameras with
a possible rollout in the next year.
Here’s how it unfolded: At 6 a.m., Syracuse.com published a story about the sheriff’s inaction on cameras. Conway called a 10 a.m. news conference to complain about the story, but said he’d start planning a body camera program right away if given the money. At 3:30 p.m., County Executive Ryan McMahon held his own news conference to promise money for the program.
Sheriff Conway refuses body cameras while more U.S. police forces embrace them
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A Newark, N.J. police officer displays how a body cam is worn during a news conference unveiling the department s new cameras in 2017. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)AP
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Syracuse, N.Y. The New York State Police this month started to equip troopers with body cameras.
Sheriff’s deputies in Erie, Monroe and Albany counties three of the biggest Upstate counties wear body cameras. One department has had them for six years.
In Onondaga County, at least 10 of the county’s 15 police departments including the Syracuse Police Department use the cameras.
After Syracuse.com article, Sheriff Conway says he welcomes body cameras if county provides money
Updated Apr 23, 2021;
Syracuse, NY After a Syracuse.com story Friday reported the Onondaga County Sheriff Office has no body cameras and no plans for them, Sheriff Gene Conway called a news conference to say he would welcome the cameras if the county provided money for them.
Conway said that he always supported the idea of body cameras, but hadn’t asked for money to implement them since being rebuffed from a pilot program in 2017.
As of now, the sheriff said he has no projections for how much a body-camera program would cost or how many deputies it would take to run.