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<blockquote data-quote="Dove" data-source="post: 361924" data-attributes="member: 535">&quot;Police body cameras not a priority for Washington lawmakers in 2021 session | king5.com&quot; <a href="https://www.king5.com/amp/article/news/investigations/police-body-cameras-not-a-priority-for-washington-lawmakers-in-2021-session/281-f189f3ce-f565-4b8c-955a-308f67c0e01e" target="_blank">https://www.king5.com/amp/article/news/investigations/police-body-cameras-not-a-priority-for-washington-lawmakers-in-2021-session/281-f189f3ce-f565-4b8c-955a-308f67c0e01e</a>&quot;State lawmakers did not introduce any legislation related to body cameras before the <a href="https://leg.wa.gov/legislature/pages/cutoff.aspx" target="_blank">committee policy cut-off </a>deadline on Feb. 15. Instead, their bills focused on other police reform and accountability issues, including a proposed ban on chokeholds and other police tactics, proposed changes to the way deadly use of force incidents are investigated and a measure that would require police officers to intervene if they see a fellow officer use excessive force. A dozen law enforcement-related bills were still in play, as of Wednesday.“There are other priorities ahead of buying body-worn cameras for police agencies statewide, but we will consider cost-sharing in the future,” said Rep. Roger Goodman, D-Kirkland, who chairs the House Public Safety Committee. &quot;Right. Arent these supposed to be the good guys? These are not Republicans. Republicans include body cams.&nbsp;Looks like Washington just wants more people getting shot without any video footage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dove, post: 361924, member: 535"] "Police body cameras not a priority for Washington lawmakers in 2021 session | king5.com" [URL]https://www.king5.com/amp/article/news/investigations/police-body-cameras-not-a-priority-for-washington-lawmakers-in-2021-session/281-f189f3ce-f565-4b8c-955a-308f67c0e01e[/URL] " State lawmakers did not introduce any legislation related to body cameras before the [URL='https://leg.wa.gov/legislature/pages/cutoff.aspx'][B]committee policy cut-off[/B] [/URL]deadline on Feb. 15. Instead, their bills focused on other police reform and accountability issues, including a proposed ban on chokeholds and other police tactics, proposed changes to the way deadly use of force incidents are investigated and a measure that would require police officers to intervene if they see a fellow officer use excessive force. A dozen law enforcement-related bills were still in play, as of Wednesday. “There are other priorities ahead of buying body-worn cameras for police agencies statewide, but we will consider cost-sharing in the future,” said Rep. Roger Goodman, D-Kirkland, who chairs the House Public Safety Committee. " Right. Arent these supposed to be the good guys? These are not Republicans. Republicans include body cams. Looks like Washington just wants more people getting shot without any video footage. [/QUOTE]

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