ACLU REDWOOD CHAPTER
917 Third Street
Eureka, CA 95501
November 20, 2014
Humboldt County Board of Supervisors
Eureka City Council
Arcata City Council
Redwood Empire Municipal Insurance Fund
Eureka Times Standard
Lost Coast Outpost
North Coast Journal
Mad River Union
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On November 18, 2014, the Board of
Directors of the Redwood Chapter of the ACLU of Northern California
unanimously adopted a resolution calling for all peace officers in
Humboldt County to wear body cameras while on official duty. In a
study conducted by the Rialto Police Department and reported in the
New York Times on April 6, 2013, entitled "Wearing a Badge, and
a Video Camera," it was found that body camera use by police
reduced use-of -force incidents by 60%, and reduced citizen
complaints against the police by 88%.
In the past ten
years, police in Humboldt County have killed Cheri Lyn Moore,
Christopher Burgess, Martin Cotton, Gabriel Cuevas-Maldonado, Jonni
Honda, Zachary Cook, David Sequoia, Robert Garth, Eloy
Infante-Toscano, Peter Stewart and Tommy McClain. Clearly, change is
needed. The death of Cheri Moore did prompt some reforms in how
police handle mentally ill people locally, and those reforms are to
be applauded. We believe that introduction of mandatory body
cameras will benefit both citizens and police.
Respectfully,
The Redwood ACLU Board of Directors
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