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Jim Kenyon: Norwich turning a blind eye to lack of police body cameras
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Modified: 4/3/2021 9:33:51 PM
In its infinite wisdom, the Norwich Selectboard has decided for the time being against equipping the town’s police officers with body cameras.
Talk about a lack of vision.
Body cameras are an important tool in the national drive to make law enforcement more accountable and transparent.
Communities and states that fail to equip their police officers with body cameras are “really not being responsible,” said George Ostler, a criminal defense lawyer for nearly 40 years whose office is in Norwich. ....

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