Brooklyn judge: Cameras could have stopped police deaths
The federal judge who ruled the New York Police Department’s stop and frisk policy violated civil rights says body cameras could have prevented the deaths of two men by police.
Judge Shira Scheindlin ordered a pilot program of body-worn cameras in five precincts as part of her 2013 ruling.
She said a recording of interactions between police and the public would help curb wrongful stops. The NYPD recently said it would begin the project.