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San Francisco Fire Chief Bans Helmet-Mounted Cameras For Firefighters
New submitter niftymitch sends this quote from an article at SFGate:
"San Francisco's fire chief has explicitly banned firefighters from using helmet-mounted video cameras after images from a battalion chief's Asiana Airlines crash recording became public and led to questions about first responders' actions leading up to a fire rig running over a survivor. ... Filming the scene may have violated both firefighters' and victims' privacy, Hayes-White said, trumping whatever benefit came from knowing what the footage shows. 'There comes a time that privacy of the individual is paramount, of greater importance than having a video,' Hayes-White said. Critics, including some within the department, questioned the chief's order and its timing — coming as Johnson's footage raised the possibility of Fire Department liability in the death of 16-year-old Ye Meng Yuan. .. [Battalion Chief Kevin Smith, president of the employee group that includes Johnson, said,] 'The department seems more concerned with exposure and liability than training and improving efficiency. Helmet cams are the wave of the future - they can be used to improve communication at incidents between firefighters and commanders.'"
+1 Oh, how I wish I had mod points!!
Slashdot Valentines Beta Massacre: iT WORKED! The boycotts killed Beta!!
Next time we'll just leave you to it yourself, then.
+1 Oh, how I wish I had mod points!!
...except that we all know that the USA absolutely won't leave it alone. As the USA has anointed itself the global top cop, defender of *freedom*, and great tutor of democracy and super-de-duper gubment, it can't help BUT get involved.
Never mind minor matters such as the Military Indu$trial Complex....
mod points, shmod points: keep your stick on the ice, and your head out of your ass.
cheers,