In a dizzying day, county exec forces sheriff's hand on body cams: We'll pay for them
In a dizzying day, county exec forces sheriff’s hand on body cams: We’ll pay for them Updated Apr 23, 2021; Syracuse, NY — Onondaga County Sheriff Gene Conway said in a Syracuse.com article published Friday morning that he had no plans to outfit sheriff’s deputies with body cameras, echoing a stance he’s held for at least four years. In an extraordinary 9 1/2 hours after Syracuse.com’s story published at 6 a.m., the county went from no plans for body cameras to a pledge to pay for the cameras with a possible rollout in the next year. Here’s how it unfolded: At 6 a.m., Syracuse....