Eric Umansky News Today

Body-worn cameras were supposed to deliver a revolution in transparency and accountability to policing. But in cities across America, the revolution never arrived.

The use of police body cameras has become much more widespread in recent years with the hope that they will curb police violence and improve accountability.…

Police body cameras were supposed to change everything. But a decade after they became commonplace in departments across the US, one big problem has emerged, according to an investigation...

And supplemental talks continue through the weekend.

U.S. taxpayers spent millions to fund what was supposed to be a revolution in accountability. What went wrong?

Hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars have been spent on what was sold as a revolution in transparency and accountability. Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even when officers kill.

Police-worn body cameras have not lived up to expectations.

The NYPD cover-up of Kawaski Trawick’s killing poses a moral test for Mayor Adams and his police commissioner, Errol Louis writes.

Turning over the videos of police shooting at their fellow officer would “constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy,” said the NYPD about why it refused to make the footage available to a reporter.

We obtained the NYPD’s full investigation into the killing of Kawaski Trawick, including documents and audio of interviews with the officers. The records provide a rare window into how exactly a police department examines its own after a shooting.