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Montreal Union Wants a Camera On Every Policeman's Uniform
An anonymous reader writes "The Montreal Policemen's Brotherhood is proposing that officers be equipped with uniform-mounted cameras that can be used to record various interactions. The union says in other jurisdictions where police officers are equipped with point-of-view cameras, the use of force by officers and assaults on officers drops by as much as 60%. One system is currently being tested in Edmonton, Alberta."
Hey, we're trying to have an anti-cop circle jerk here.
Pretty easy solution there, automatic $100,000 fine for each 1 second gap in recording that can't be accounted for.
As much as your average dirty cop likes busting out the baton and playing tee-ball with a protestor's skull, if the "whoops, the CCTV conked out exactly when we supposedly kicked the shit out of him" costs them money out of pocket, you'll see that habit dry up pretty quick.
It's time. French language free North America! Make teaching frog illegal. Make teaching whatever they speak in Quebec illegal too (I have it on good authority, it's no more French then Creole is).
If some Cajuns also have to change, I'm fine with that.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'