Jan 31, 2021
Former Youngstown police Chief Robin Lees repeatedly said he was an advocate of police body cameras, but despite calls from several Youngstown City Council members, along with the public and even this newspaper to institute camera use in the Youngstown Police Department, no plan ever came to fruition.
Until now.
We are pleased to hear, after just about six days on the job, new Youngstown police Chief Carl Davis discuss his plans for instituting a police body camera program.
Davis, last week, told members of Youngstown City Council’s safety committee he already has moved Detective Sgt. Jose Morales Jr. from the detective bureau to internal affairs, where he will handle implementation of a body camera program. While Davis did not give a time frame for implementation, he said he is hoping for three to four months.