Each police officer in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, will be assigned two body cameras after completing the training. (Courtesy Anne Arundel County Police Department)
Anne Arundel County, Maryland, has launched its police body camera program with 143 officers now trained and equipped to use them.
The phased plan is for about 775 sworn officers in the department, from the police chief to patrol officers, to be trained to use the cameras. Each officer will be assigned two cameras so one can always be charged and ready for duty.
“All of them will be out there with cameras by September. The training is ongoing in small groups, and the numbers will be increasing every week,” County Executive Steuart Pittman said in a Tuesday news briefing.
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Maria Hiaasen, Rob’s widow, said the memorial pays tribute to the losses of loved ones, as well as the triumph of the staff, who rallied to publish on the next day despite the attack.
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Rick Hutzell, the former editor, choked up as he remembered his slain colleagues before a crowd that sat for nearly two hours on a hot summer day on a closed-off street in front of the new memorial in downtown Annapolis. He urged people who care about journalism to subscribe to local news outlets.