Detective Tom Murphy spoke during the council’s public comment period, a week after Sheline and Councilor Linda Scott announced the formation of the committee on the heels of two public forums on the topic.
Murphy said “certain politicians” are trying to “pit the community against the Police Department,” and are “spinning a tragic situation into a political game for their reelections.”
“We are not your enemy,” he said. “We only care about the well-being of this city and its safety.”
Yeah if they weren’t the enemy and were facing accusations like they are on the job they’d welcome it. Like I hate being surveilled too, even at work. But when someone might get hurt I want my actions and everything visible and if people were arguing differently about events I’d welcome cameras involved.
Hell, these are people saying they’re running up against criminals in the act all the time, who want to prove that these people are committing crimes in front of them, and they’re saying that they don’t want cameras to show their perspective on the job.