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Body cam: Events that fueled Polk County s debate

When Lakeland commissioners have gathered to discuss body cameras for the city s police department, they ve often claimed the controversy is stirred by national events  like the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis  not local ones.  The fatal shooting of Winter Haven resident Larry Jenkins, 52, by a Winter Haven officer is one example of a local event that spurred questions from residents. On April 18, one day after the incident, Winter Haven Police Chief David Brannan and Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd addressed the media to give details of the shooting and announce that Judd s department would investigate.  Brannan and Judd were joined that night at the news conference by four Black ministers from the Winter Haven area. One of those men was Bishop Willie Mincey, the president of the Winter Haven branch of the NAACP. 

Body-camera debate heats up in Polk County Here s a look at other cities

These factors have raised questions about what happened that night among Winter Haven community leaders like Mincey. It s standard procedure for an outside agency to investigate officer-involved shootings. Hence the Sheriff s Office s involvement. Momentum seems to be building across the state for body-camera use. According to Florida Department of Law Enforcement reports for 2020, more than 15 police departments and five sheriff’s offices had started using body cameras – or taken steps to implement them – in the past year. At the end of 2020, just over half of the 299 law agencies in Florida who responded to the FDLE still did not use body cameras.

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