City of Baltimore - File #: 15-0233R

• File #: 15-0233R
• Version: 0
• Name: Allocating Federal Criminal Seizure Funds for Police Van and Body Cameras
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 6/1/2015
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 7/18/2016
• Title: Allocating Federal Criminal Seizure Funds for Police Van and Body Cameras FOR the purpose of calling on the Police Department and the Department of Finance to take steps to immediately direct federal criminal seizure funds, or other quickly available funds, towards accelerating the Baltimore City Police Department's deployment of cameras in all police vans and body cameras for all appropriate officers.
• Sponsors: Nick Mosby, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, Eric T. Costello, Brandon M. Scott, James B. Kraft, Carl Stokes, President Young, William "Pete" Welch, Edward Reisinger, Rochelle Spector, Robert Curran, Helen L. Holton, Warren Branch, Mary Pat Clarke
• Indexes: Criminal , Federal, Police, Seizure Funds, Van and Body Cameras

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/18/2016	0	City Council	Withdrawn
2/29/2016	0	Public Safety Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
6/22/2015	0	Public Safety Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
6/4/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
6/4/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Police Department
6/1/2015	0	City Council	Assigned
6/1/2015	0	City Council	Introduced

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Mosby



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Allocating Federal Criminal Seizure Funds for Police Van and Body Cameras
FOR the purpose of calling on the Police Department and the Department of Finance to take steps to immediately direct federal criminal seizure funds, or other quickly available funds, towards accelerating the Baltimore City Police Department's deployment of cameras in all police vans and body cameras for all appropriate officers.
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Recitals

Recent events have driven home the importance of equipping as many Baltimore City police officers and vans with cameras as quickly as possible. Yet, limited available funding for cameras, training in their use, and the support infrastructure needed to allow them to be effective, continues to be a barrier to full deployment of cameras for the police force.

Some funding for a body camera program is expected to be allocated locally in the near future, and federal competitive grant programs may provide additional support at some point down the road, but the City has not yet provided a plan to fund a full and immediate deployment of a body camera program.

Federal criminal seizure money from joint actions between local and federal law enforcement agencies could represent an important, and immediately available, source of funding to accelerate the roll-out of body cameras and van cameras for the Police Department.

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