Police departments contend that they have only a limited number of body cameras or that there are too many logistical hurdles and costs involved. The Associated Press"As long as they have real bullets, they need to have the body cameras," said John Barnett, a civil rights leader in Charlotte, North Carolina, where shootings involving police have put use of the cameras under scrutiny. Trouble can happen anywhere and anytime, and when it does, there's little difference between an on-duty and off-duty officer. Moonlighting officers without the cameras to back them up can be more vulnerable to false allegations, said Cincinnati police Capt. Eighty percent of the department's officers work off-duty jobs either on days off or after their workday, he estimates.

Source: ABC News June 11, 2017 11:51 UTC