'It builds suspicion'The shooting has sparked nationwide outrage , with the muting of the body cameras raising questions about the officers' actions. When can officers deactivate body cameras? A different perspectiveWhen officers mute body cameras, Stoughton said, the public looks at it from a different perspective. There is no statewide body camera policy in California, so body camera policies differ from agency to agency, said Jeff Noble, a police practice consultant and a former deputy police chief in Irvine, California. "The cameras served the goal that we put body cameras out for, they were on and activated during the chase and during the shooting," Noble said.

Source: CNN March 25, 2018 21:33 UTC