How our reporting led to action on body cameras (Letter from the Editor) Updated May 07, 4:08 PM; Posted May 07, 4:07 PM This photo from 2018 shows a body camera worn by Syracuse police.Patrick Lohmann | Syracuse.com Facebook Share Dear reader, Our best work as the largest local news outlet in Central New York holds our elected officials accountable and leads to important changes in our community. Rarely, however, do we see the swift results from our reporting as we did on Friday, April 23. First thing that morning, reporter Samantha House published a story about the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department being one of few organizations its size in the state that doesn’t have body-worn cameras. In an interview, Sheriff Gene Conway said he couldn’t see prioritizing spending the money it would take to outfit his team with cameras over other expenses and that he had no plans to implement such a program.