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A major part of the philly pds agenda is to connect the police department with communities. one of the ways they do that is by holding regular meetings in the various districts where people can come and express concerns or ask questions. >> what we want to talk about tonight is the body camera program. its been green lighted. >> after a year-long experiment the ppd has decided to expands its body camera coverage. >> we tested cameras through all sorts of situations. theyve been tried, tested and...

A major part of the philly p.d.s agenda is to connect the police department with communities, and one of the ways they do that is by holding regular meetings in the various districts where people can come can and express concerns or ask questions. >> how is everybody doing tonight? so what we want to talk about tonight is the body camera program. its been green lighted. >> after a year-long experiment the ppd has decided to expand its body camera coverage. soon, officers hitting the streets here...

117 shooting victims that year. so these are the police body cameras. >> yes. these are the taser axon. >> this is officer mcfadden, the man in charge of getting the body camera program up and running here. >> they place them as you can see here on a clip like this on their shirt where the pocket clip is. you press the button in the center twice. very simple operation. youll hear two beeps. [ beep beep ] that means the cameras now recording. so youll see video start from inside the car so the si...

A major part of the agenda is to connect the police department with communities and one of the ways they do that is by holding things where people can come express concerns or ask questions. >> how is everybody doing tonight. >> what we want to talk about tonight is the body camera program. >> after a yearlong experiment the ppd decided to expand its body camera coverage. soon officers hitting the streets here and in several other districts will be required to wear the cameras. >> we test the ca...

Cameras. >> yes. these are the taser exon. >> this is officer mcfadden, the man in charge of getting the body camera program up and running here. >> they place them as you can see here on a clip like this on their shirt where the pocket clip is. you press the button in the center twice. very simple operation. youll hear two beeps. [ beep beep ] that means the cameras now recording. so youll see video start from inside the car so the situations filmed from beginning to end. >> so the cameras dont...

Philadelphia while it was actually dropping in many other cities. the year before i came they came close to 400 murders. technology, obviously, there were areas that we really were a little behind the curve. quite frankly quite a bit behind the curve. >> ramseys administration got to work. upgrading his force to the 21st century. and in 2012 the rtcc went live. how was the reception from the community about deploying thousands of cameras throughout the city? >> we havent gotten a lot of pushback...

Neighborhoods were chosen the 22nd district which recorded of 170 shooting victims that year. >> these are the police body cameras. >> yes, these are the taser exxon. >> this is the man in charge of getting the body camera program up and running here. >> they place them here on a clip whether where the clip is, you press the button twice and you hear two beeps, that means the camera is recording. you will see videos start inside the car. these situations film from beginning to end. >> so the cam...

A major part of the philly p.d.s agenda is to connect with communities and one of the ways they do that is by holding meetings in the various districts where people can voice concerns or ask questions. >> what we want to talk about tonight is the body camera program. its been green lighted. >> after a year-long experience, theyve decided to expand its body camera coverage. soon officers hitting the streets here and in several other districts will be required to wear the cameras. >> weve tested c...

117 shooting victims that year. >> so these are the police body cameras? >> yes. these are the tazers. >> this is the man in charge of getting the body camera program up and running here. >> they placed them on a clip like this on their shirt. you press the button in the center twice. simple operation. you will hear two deeps and the situation is filmed from beginning to end. >> the cameras dont stay on for an eight-hour shift? >> no, theyor per job. >> do they have to announce they are recordin...

A major part of the philly p.d. agenda is to connect the police department with communities. one way they do that is by holding regular meetings in the various districts where people can come, express concerns or ask questions. >> how is everybody doing tonight? >> so what we want to talk about tonight is the body camera program. >> after a year-long experiment they have decided to expand the body camera coverage. soon, officers hitting the streets hoar and in several districts will be required ...