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Fairfax Co. police disproportionately use force on Black people; Chief, NAACP respond

Neal Augenstein | @AugensteinWTOP

Black people make up less than 10% of the population in Fairfax County, Virginia, but a new report shows they are involved in almost half of all police use-of-force incidents.

In the Fairfax County Police Department Internal Affairs Bureau’s 2019 Use of Force Report, while only one in 1,000 calls for service resulted in an officer using force, 45% of community members who were subjected to force over the year covered by the report were Black.

The numbers show almost 82% of officers involved in use-of-force cases are white.

“It’s unsurprising that this annual report shows use of force is disproportionately used against Black members of the community, as this trend has persisted in more than five years’ worth of data,” said Sean Perryman, president of the Fairfax County NAACP, in a statement.

“It points to a systemic problem that the county must finally address.”

“Preserving the sanctity of all human life permeates through every interaction we have with our community,” Police Chief Edwin Roessler said in a statement to WTOP.

“While the overwhelming majority of these interactions do not result in use of force, it’s crucial that we document and independently scrutinize every incident to hold ourselves accountable to the communities we serve.”

The statistics provided in the report are based on use-of-force incidents that occurred in 2019 and had been closed as of June 1, 2020.

Data released by the Fairfax County Police Department on officer use of force showed a majority of community members who experienced force were Black, from 2017 to 2019. (Courtesy FCPD)

Perryman intends to press for the county to take more action.

“It’s unconscionable that they allow this to happen without pressing for greater transparency and accountability from FCPD,” he said.

Roessler said the department and county are taking the responsibility of using force in performing their public safety duties seriously.

“We have expanded our definition of force to include nonphysical encounters for increased transparency and we subject ourselves to external investigation and audit by an Independent Police Auditor, and the University of Texas is conducting a methodical review of each use of force encounter to further evaluate any disproportionality,” Roessler said.

The report was issued amid recent protests locally, and nationally, related to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis while in police custody.

Earlier this month, Roessler told WTOP the county has been proactively ensuring officer accountability, especially in use of force incidents.

On June 6, Fairfax County Officer Tyler Timberlake was arrested and charged with three counts of assault and battery for using a stun gun several times on a disoriented man, who did not appear to pose a threat. Timberlake is white, the man he shocked is Black.

As WTOP first reported, prosecutors and the defense said the officer shocked a man he mistakenly thought he recognized.

Fairfax County NAACP Town Hall Tackles Proposed Policing Changes

Ashley HopkoJune 17, 2020 at 3:30pm

At last night’s town hall meeting by the Fairfax County NAACP, the organization’s president Sean Perryman met with local elected officials and community leaders to discuss the future of policing.

Since the killing of George Floyd in police custody and outrage over racial inequities in the U.S., the NAACP compiled a list of policy changes for how to address how police use force and report actions to the public.

Top demands for reform include:

•           removing police from schools

•           reporting data efficiently

•           implementing body-worn cameras

•           reporting officer misconduct

•           reviewing the use of force policy

•           demilitarizing the police force

•           mandating counseling/early intervention

Perryman said that the Fairfax County Police Department needs to see policy and budget overhauls to end systemic racism and better serve the community. Perryman said that nearly half the police use of force in the area is used against Black individuals even though they make up 10% of the population.

At the meeting, the attendees, which included Supervisors Dalia Pakchik, John Foust, Walter Alcorn and Chairman Jeff McKay, all agreed that changes are needed to improve the safety and security of every Fairfax County resident.

Fairfax County Police Chief  Edwin Roessler Jr. expressed a willingness to work with the NAACP on the proposed changes.

“I don’t think I oppose in whole any one of these items,” Roessler said, but added that there might be stipulations on certain topics.

A point of confusion at the meeting was about the transparency of data. Though everyone agreed that data is important to tracking issues and upcoming solutions, no one was on the same page when it came to the type of data and release date.

The FCPD police chief said that recent data on use of force data and school arrests should be released to McKay later this week, but the department is transitioning to a new data management system to achieve the goal.

“We have a lot of promises for data and more transparency but we aren’t actually getting the data,” Perryman said, adding that this data needs to be not only released to the county board, but also to the public.

“This would give the community some insight into what is happening,” Perryman said, adding that this data needs to include other information such as traffic stops and the races of officers and civilians involved.

The conversation on body-worn cameras for officers revolved around best practices and use.

Perryman suggested that officers shouldn’t be allowed to choose when to use them, calling it “an essential part of transparency,” he said.

“It is a waste of equipment, essentially a lens with a price tag, if there is no policy in place that prevents officers from turning this off or selectively turning it on,” he added.

When it comes to budget and funding, Perryman doesn’t believe the department should receive extra money from the state or the county for this project, suggesting that the cost should come from internal budget shifts.

“What we’ve seen in the past when there is a problem with the police, we give them more money to get more toys and we think that needs to stop,” Perryman said. “I don’t think there is an appetite for it here in the country or anywhere else actually.”

The town hall also addressed concerns with civilian review panels.

Tn the past, the panels have struggled to “have teeth,” according to Roessler, who added that the General Assembly would need to correct that.

Though there are challenges, Perryman said that people need to stop pointing fingers and create a substantial plan. He wants the panel to be independent and have the power to investigative incidents independently.

“This has to be a group that can stand up and can make clear recommendations to us,” McKay agreed. “I’ll be happy to work with you on the roster.”

Later in the meeting, Alcorn spoke up and talked about limiting the presence of firearms in the community.

“I’m not sure sending out folks with firearms is the best approach in 2020,” Alcorn said, adding that when someone calls 911, depending on the situation, there are better ways to address a community need.

Supervisors Palchik and Foust offered their support to continue the conversation with both FCPD and Fairfax County NAACP about new policies and best practices.

“We are not immune from making the types of reforms that are necessary to build the kind of confidence that everyone should have in our law enforcement agencies,” McKay said. “The most important thing for elected officials to do right now is to listen.”

Fairfax County Police reviews use of force, body-worn camera policies

'Sanctity of human life' | Fairfax County Police reviews use of force, body-worn camera policies

After an officer tasered an unarmed man with no apparent warning, and calls for police reform, the FCPD updated the public on what changes they are making.

Author: Laura Wainman

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors held a virtual public safety committee hearing Tuesday afternoon, to examine police policies regarding use of force and body-worn cameras.

The governing body called for the meeting following an incident June 5 where a Fairfax County Police officer used his taser without apparent warning on an unarmed man, La Monta Gladney, who appeared to be in crisis.

Officer Tyler Timberlake was ultimately charged with three counts of assault and battery, and the charges against Gladney were dropped. The Fairfax County Police Department also immediately released the body-camera footage of the incident.

The incident came on the heels of nationwide protests calling for police reform after George Floyd's death in Minneapolis while in police custody.

"In my view, this is the most critical long-term public safety issue facing our community and demands our immediate attention," Supervisor Rodney Lusk said, acknowledging that the Board of Supervisors needed to develop a path forward for ongoing dialogue with the community.

On Tuesday, Fairfax County Police Chief Edwin Rossler testified that his department has already implemented many of the reforms being asked for, beginning in 2013, including the prohibition of chokeholds like the one that killed Floyd. He also reiterated that the "sanctity of human life" should be the main guiding principle behind all police behavior.

"Reform and reconciliation, together they are the driving forces for fair and impartial policing," Rossler said.

Under General Order 540, enacted in March 2017, "force is to be used only to the extent it is objectively reasonable to defend oneself or another, to control an individual during an investigative or mental detention, or to lawfully effect an arrest... and "the application of deadly force should only be used in the most extreme circumstances where all lesser means of force have failed or could not reasonably be utilized."

Policies already adopted:

•           Carotid artery restraints and chokeholds are not sanctioned force options

•           Requiring de-escalation, when possible

•           Use of force continuum/training

•           Requiring verbal warning before using deadly force, when possible

•           Prohibiting shooting at moving vehicles, unless threat of death or serious injury to officer or other person and no other option exists

•           Requiring officers to exhaust other reasonable alternatives, when possible

•           Requiring comprehensive reporting

•           Diversion first/crisis intervention training

The department also emphasized that use of force and de-escalation training is mandated twice a year for all officers.

Pillars of de-escalation:

•           Be balanced

•           Be real

•           Be smooth

•           Be empathetic

•           Self-control

•           Create lasting positive effects

•           Never humiliate

Major Chantel Cochrane gave an update on the department's body-worn camera program, which is distributing more than 1,200 cameras over three phases. 

The department's current policy requires "all BWC equipped officers shall activate their BWC during their response to a scene or as soon as it is practical and safe to do so and leave it on for the duration of the incident."

Cameras should only be deactivated under certain circumstances:

•           Medical/Mental Facilities

•           Courthouses

•           School grounds

•           Reasonable expectation of privacy – service call at a home

Hell has frozen over; a Fairfax County cop finally gets arrested.

 FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (ABC7) — In the wake of George Floyd’s police-custody death in Minneapolis, a Fairfax County Police officer was arrested for misdemeanor assault and battery.

A fellow officer’s body camera captured Officer Tyler Timberlake tasing an unarmed man who was having some sort of episode in the middle of a Mount Vernon street.

After the unarmed man was on the ground, the camera showed Officer Timberlake putting his knee on the man’s back, hitting him with the taser, then tasing him again.

The officer’s attorney said Timberlake thought the man was a different person.

The Police Chief, Commonwealth’s Attorney and County Executive condemned the officer’s actions.

Tuesday afternoon Chief Ed Roessler and Chief Equity Officer Karla Bruce reiterated Fairfax County’s values and the reforms it has made over the years to improve the department’s Use of Force Policy.

The Chief also updated the community on the body camera program, which the County Executive is accelerating after funding issues (especially with COVID-19) delayed Phase II and Phase II.

Phase I provided 416 cameras to the Mason, Reston and Mount Vernon Stations, as well as a few divisions within the department.

Once fully implemented, there will be more than 1,200 cameras on the streets of Fairfax County. The program costs more than $6 million.

The county’s policies and procedures were updated after the shooting of John Geer in 2013.

The Department’s Use of Force Policy only allows deadly force “in the most extreme circumstances where all lesser means of force have failed or could not reasonably be utilized.”

The department requires “officers hold the highest regard for the sanctity of human life, dignity and liberty of all individuals.”

Officers have a duty to intervene if they see another officer using excessive force.

Choke holds are banned, and de-escalation is expected.

if Descano were not in office, Timberlake would have gotten a medal

June 8:

A white Virginia police officer has been charged with assault and battery in connection with the use of a stun gun on a black man.

Body camera video shown at a press conference late Saturday shows Fairfax County police Officer Tyler Timberlake was trying to get the man into an ambulance to go to a detox center on Friday.

Fairfax County Police Chief Edwin C. Roessler Jr. says it’s unclear why Timberlake used the stun gun, but said he was "disgusted" after viewing the footage, which appeared to show him deploy an electronic control weapon and "escalate further" the situation.

"The video also erodes the public's trust of police officers, not only in Fairfax County but throughout this world," Roessler Jr. said at the briefing. "These acts are unacceptable."

He says the man has been released from the hospital.

It’s unclear whether Timberlake has a lawyer to comment on the incident.

Police were responding to a 911 call on Friday afternoon in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Fairfax County about a man "walking in the street shouting that he needed oxygen," Roessler said. The unidentified man was having some type of "episode," he added.

In the video, which the police department released to the public, someone can be heard attempting to get the man off a residential street and into an ambulance up the block. Another person, who appeared to be a medic, also addressed the victim, saying, "I'm here to help you, so tell me what you need."

While the man is walking on the street, the video appeared to show Timberlake approach and deploy a stun gun multiple times and put his knees on the man's back. The victim repeatedly shouts "No!" and says "I can't breathe" several times after being handcuffed.

Timberlake was charged on Saturday evening with three counts of misdemeanor assault and battery and faces up to 36 months of incarceration. He turned himself in to the Fairfax County Magistrate's Office on Saturday and was released on a personal recognizance bond, according to the Fairfax County Police Department's Media Relations Bureau.

Timberlake has been an officer for eight years and was assigned to the Mount Vernon District, Roessler said. The police chief said he is unable to comment on Timberlake's personnel history at this time.

Along with Timberlake, the other officers involved in the incident have been relieved of their law enforcement duties and placed on paid administrative leave pending criminal and administrative investigations, Roessler said. The other officers have not been charged.

Timberlake's "horrible use of force" will undergo an independent review by the Fairfax County police auditor, Roessler said. The county appointed its first independent police auditor in 2017.

The victim was treated at a local hospital and released and as of Saturday night was "at home resting with his family," Roessler said.

Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano called the footage "unsettling" and stressed the importance of body-worn cameras in this investigation.

"We are fortunate that this technology was in use in the region of the county within which this incident occurred," he said at Saturday's news briefing. "Without it, I fear we would have had an unfortunately narrow and somewhat distorted view of what happened in one of our own neighborhoods."

The incident comes amid mass demonstrations across the U.S. protesting against police brutality and racism following the death of George Floyd on May 25 while in police custody. In that case, second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter charges have been filed against Derek Chauvin, the ex-officer who prosecutors say held his knee on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes.

Chauvin is set to make his first court appearance on Monday; his attorney has not commented on the case. Three other officers have been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting manslaughter. Attorneys for two of the officers said the rookie cops tried to urge Chauvin to stop. All four officers have been fired.

YEAH BUT ITS STILL WRONG: Timberlake thought he shot a person named Anthony, who had an extensive criminal record. But the victim was somebody else entirely.

June 9:

Lawyers say a Fairfax County police officer charged with assault after firing a stun gun at an unarmed African American man believed his target was somebody else.

WTOP Radio reports that both a prosecutor and a defense lawyer for Officer Tyler Timberlake agreed at a hearing Tuesday in Fairfax County General District Court that Timberlake thought he shot a person named Anthony, who had an extensive criminal record. But the victim was somebody else entirely.

Defense attorney Brandon Shapiro said the fact is relevant to Timberlake's defense because it shows his actions toward the individual were not irrational.

Body-worn camera footage released by Fairfax County Police shows Timberlake, who is white, arrived on scene Friday in the county's Gum Springs neighborhood, advanced on an African American man and quickly fired his stun gun after other officers had spent several minutes trying to persuade him to get into an ambulance to go to a detox center.

Prosecutor Bob Frank disagreed about the relevance of the mistaken identity.

“A mistake on his part does not justify what he did,” Frank said.

Shapiro said Timberlake has no history of previous incidents and that the widely seen video is jeopardizing his client's right to a fair trial.

A judge granted a request from Shapiro that prosecutors turn over other video and recordings from before and after the shooting., including what Shapiro said were urgent requests for backup from officers prior to Timberlake's arrival on the scene.

The victim, who was acting in a disoriented manner in the middle of a residential street when he was shot, was treated at a hospital and released.

Timberlake, who is free pending trial, did not attend the hearing.

Charges dropped against man shot by Virginia officer with stun gun

 By Associated Press ; Meredith Deliso, ABC News | 

Prosecutors are dropping charges against an African American man who was shot by a police officer with a stun gun in northern Virginia.

Authorities say La Monta Gladney was the victim when Fairfax County police officer Tyler Timberlake shot him with a stun gun last week in the county's Gum Springs neighborhood. Still, Gladney wound up being charged with being drunk in public and resisting arrest.

On Thursday, county Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano said in a statement he is dropping the charges after reviewing the case and determining “the evidence is insufficient to support these charges.”

Body-worn camera footage shows Gladney speaking incoherently and walking around on a residential street while officers try to persuade him to go to a detox center. Several minutes later Timberlake arrives, quickly advances toward Gladney and shoots him with a stun gun.

Timberlake, who is white, is facing criminal assault charges. His lawyer has said he believed Gladney was someone else.

Virginia officer arrested after repeatedly using stun gun on black man

A Virginia police officer has been arrested on assault charges after video showed him subduing a disoriented black man with a stun gun.

It happened Saturday on a residential street in Fairfax County just outside Washington.

The video shows Tyler Timberlake, a member of the Fairfax County Police Department, striking the man with a stun gun and then getting on top of him, along with the officer wearing the body camera.

Once Timberlake is on top of the man, he presses the stun gun into the back of his neck and fires again.

Sean Perryman, president of the Fairfax NAACP, told The Washington Post the video showed that Fairfax County is not immune to police violence.

“We need to reduce the interaction of black people with armed officers because we see time and time again that we are viewed as a threat,” he said.

Fairfax County Police Department officer Tyler Timberlake was charged with assault after subduing a disoriented black man with a stun gun.

Fairfax County Police Department officer Tyler Timberlake was charged with assault after subduing a disoriented black man with a stun gun. (FCPD)

Roessler said someone had called police about a man walking down a street shouting that he needed oxygen. In the video, the man hit with the stun gun repeatedly says, “Your body needs oxygen” and he does not appear coherent.

The officer who responded to the scene before Timberlake arrived was trying to deescalate the situation, the police chief said, adding that it’s unclear why Timberlake used his stun gun.

The man was treated at a hospital and subsequently released, Roessler said.

“Our nation is righteously angry at the law enforcement profession, as am I,” Roessler told reporters in a reference to protests against police brutality sparked by the death of George Floyd, a Minneapolis black man who died in police custody on May 25.

The charges against Timberlake are misdemeanors.

Alcorn: FCPD Should Be Equipped with Body Cameras As Soon As Possible

  

Fatimah Waseem June 4, 2020 at 2:30pm

Hunter Mill District Supervisor Walter Alcorn says that all Fairfax County police district stations should have body-worn cameras as soon as possible.

Although three of the county’s district stations — including the Reston District Station — already have the devices, plans to implement the program countywide were stalled due to budgetary constraints posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I support implementation in the other five police districts ASAP because the program should not be limited to only part of the county,” Alcorn said.

He added that bodywork cameras are “good for government transparency and accountability” and the county’s police officers.

County officials delayed the rollout of the program, which would have equipped officers with more than 1,200 cameras across the county.

Although funding was delayed for other stations, the county’s budget still maintained an increase of $1.77 million to support the full year of the program.

The program was implemented after a 2018 pilot study by American University researchers. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved the $4 million program in late 2019.

Alcorn said his office received several queries about the status of the program following the killing of George Floyd and other events across the country.

Rutherford Institute Challenges Police Use of License Plate Readers As Warrantless Mass Surveillance Tool

RICHMOND, Va. — Denouncing the fact that Americans cannot even drive their cars without being enmeshed in the government’s web of surveillance, The Rutherford Institute has asked the Virginia Supreme Court to prohibit Virginia police from using license plate readers as warrantless surveillance tools to track drivers’ movements.

Mounted next to traffic lights or on police cars, Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR), which photograph over 1,800 license tag numbers per minute, take a picture of every passing license tag number and store the tag number and the date, time, and location of the picture in a searchable database. The data is then shared with law enforcement, fusion centers and private companies and used to track the movements of persons in their cars. There are reportedly tens of thousands of these license plate readers now in operation throughout the country. It is estimated that over 99% of the people being unnecessarily surveilled are entirely innocent. In challenging the use of license plate readers by Fairfax police, Rutherford Institute attorneys argue that Fairfax County’s practice of collecting and storing license plate reader data violates a Virginia law prohibiting the government from amassing personal information about individuals, including their driving habits and location.

   “We’re on the losing end of a technological revolution that has already taken hostage our computers, our phones, our finances, our entertainment, our shopping, our appliances, and now, it’s focused its sights on our cars,” said constitutional attorney John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute and author of Battlefield America: The War on the American People. “By subjecting Americans to surveillance without their knowledge or compliance and then storing the data for later use, the government has erected the ultimate suspect society. In such an environment, there is no such thing as ‘innocent until proven guilty.’”

Since 2010, the Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) has used ALPRs to record the time, place, and driving direction of thousands of drivers who use Fairfax County roads daily. License plate readers capture over 1,800 images of license tag numbers per minute and convert the images to a computer format that can be searched by tag number. This information, stored in a police database for a year, allows the police to determine the driving habits of persons as well as where they have been. In 2014, Fairfax County resident Harrison Neal filed a complaint against FCPD asserting its collection and storage of license plate data without an active investigation violates Virginia’s Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act (Data Act), a law enacted because of the fear that advanced technologies would be used by the government to collect and analyze massive amounts of personal information about citizens, thereby invading their privacy and liberty.

Despite a 2013 Virginia Attorney General opinion that its ALPR practices violate the Data Act, FCPD continued to collect and store ALPR data in order to track the movements of vehicles and drivers. In 2018, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled in favor of Neal, but sent the case back to the trial court to determine whether the case involved an “information system” covered by the Data Act.  After the trial court found the Data Act did apply and barred FCPD’s passive use of ALPRs, the case was again appealed to the Supreme Court of Virginia. In weighing in on the case, Rutherford Institute attorneys argue that the history of the Data Act affirms it prohibits the collection and maintenance of ALPR data by the government, which along with other surveillance technologies, creates vast dossiers about the lives and activities of citizens.

The amicus brief in Fairfax County Police Department v Neal is available at www.rutherford.org.

The Rutherford Institute, a nonprofit civil liberties organization, provides legal assistance at no charge to individuals whose constitutional rights have been threatened or violated and educates the public on a wide spectrum of issues affecting their freedoms.

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This is what we call a "Con job" because this ain't NEVER gonna happen

Body-Worn Police Cameras Debut May 1 In Fairfax County
Some Fairfax County Police officer will begin wearing body-worn cameras later this week, but funding for full implementation remains unsure.
By Michael O'Connell, Patch Staff 

Some Fairfax County Police officer will begin wearing body-worn cameras later this week, but funding for full implementation remains unsure. (Shutterstock)
FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA — Fairfax County Police will be rolling out the first phase of its three-phased Body-Worn Camera (BWC) program on Friday, May 1, at the Reston, Mason, and Mount Vernon stations. The second and third phases, which have 2021 and 2022 implementation dates, may be delayed due to the impact of the coronavirus on the economy.
"All stakeholder employees for phase one are nearing completion of their training and use of the body worn camera systems," said Chief Edwin C. Roessler Jr., in a video message on the FCPD blog. "This includes staff from the police department, the Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney, the Public Defenders Office, and court personnel."
Roessler originally proposed the body-worn camera program in June 2015. Following a successful test in 2018 at the Reston, Mason, and Mount Vernon stations, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved funding for the first phase of the BWC program as part of the Fiscal Year 2020 carryover budget. On Friday, 416 cameras will be in place at those three stations.
Although Fairfax County Executive Bryan Hill included funding for phase two in the FY 2021 Budget Proposal he introduced in February, the revised budget he submitted to the Board earlier this month only included a $1.77 million funding increase to meet the workload and information technology requirements for the first phase of the program.
No additional funding in the revised budget proposal, which Hill submitted to take into account the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, means the last last two phases of the program would be delayed.


Fairfax County Police Department to launch body worn cameras, after 3 year wait
VIRGINIA
The Fairfax County Police Department will be launching phase 1 of its body worn camera program on May 1
by: Kelsey Jones

Posted: Apr 29, 2020 / 07:43 PM EDT / Updated: Apr 29, 2020 / 07:43 PM EDT
FAIRFAX, Va. (WDVM)– The Fairfax County Police Department will be launching phase 1 of its body worn camera program on May 1.
Stakeholder employees such as police staff, court personnel and the Fairfax County Office of the Commonwealth Attorney have completed phase 1 of training on how to use the BWC system. According to officials, officers will have the body worn cameras on them in certain events.
Erica Ebb, 2nd lieutenant said, “Phase 1 will include the Mason Station,Mount Vernon, Reston Station, Motor squads, K-9 squads and the Driving While Intoxicated Enforcement Squad all will be issued cameras. It will also include 357 camera operators.”
According to Webb, the community requested these cameras for full transparency

I told you so....I said it three years ago....these body cameras will never see the light of the day.

Fairfax County Police Department to Delay Rollout of Body Cameras

April 13, 2020

Delays are expected for the rollout of the Fairfax County Police Department’s body-worn camera program.

In Fairfax County Executive Bryan Hill’s revised budget for fiscal year 2021, the county plans to push back funding for 338 cameras for the Sully, McLean, and West Springfield Stations in the second year of the program.

The county is also revisiting funding plans for 456 cameras for the third year of the program at the Fair Oaks, Franconia and South County district stations.

The proposed budget — which was scaled back considerably in response to the COVID-19 pandemic — maintains an increase of $1.77 million to support the first full year of the program.

Funding is expected to remain for 416 cameras that will be issued to the Reston, Mason and Mt. Vernon police stations, according to county budget documents.

“The funding supports the maintenance of the program implemented in FY 2020 but does not expand the program as originally planned.”

In late 2019, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved $4 million to begin implementation of the program.

Officers in the Reston District Station were expected to receive the cameras next month.

Do as i say

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. Wait a minute…the guy was threatening suicide and then they shot him….I mean…..Wait a minutes, this isn’t kosher.

Maryland man said to be threatening suicide shot dead in standoff with troopers

Thursday, April 9th 2020

SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — State police say a Maryland man was fatally shot during a standoff with troopers. Authorities say troopers were called to a home in Wicomico County on Wednesday regarding an armed man allegedly threatening suicide.

State police say three uniformed troopers found 59-year-old Rick Howell in the back yard of his Salisbury home armed with a handgun. Investigators say troopers repeatedly ordered Howell to drop his gun before firing their weapons.  Howell was pronounced dead at the scene. State police are conducting criminal and internal affairs investigations. The three troopers are on administrative leave.

Why are you outside?

I told you the Fairfax County cops would never body cameras and I was right

The revised budget proposal will project significantly less revenue with drops in sales tax collections, hotel stays, car tax collections, business taxes and other areas, and is expected to put off some or all of the new programs that were proposed, including additional school funding, police body cameras and additional funding for affordable housing.

Nor do I think for myself

The dumbest kid in high school now has a gun.

Don't worry! The Fairfax County Police will investigate the Fairfax County Sheriffs office and find everyone innocent

Fairfax Co. sheriff’s deputy charged with sexually assaulting inmate

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A Fairfax County sheriff’s deputy with a history of involvement in fatal incidents has been charged with sexually assaulting an inmate in his custody.

Fairfax City Police say 45-year-old Patrick D. McPartlin of Warrenton was arrested Tuesday and charged with object sexual penetration.

Police say McPartlin was taking a female inmate from the Fairfax County jail to the Loudoun County jail when the assault occurred in the county-owned vehicle issued to McPartlin.

Online court records do not list an attorney for McPartlin, who is being held without bond.

McPartlin has worked at the sheriff’s office for more than 20 years. In 2016, he fatally shot a hospital patient who was having a mental episode and wielding a metal sign post outside Inova Fairfax Hospital.

He was also part of a team of deputies in 2015 that used multiple shots from a stun gun to restrain another mentally ill inmate. Natasha McKenna died after receiving four Taser shots during a 15-minute struggle.

The Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office declined to comment, referring questions to Fairfax City Police.

Don't be a punk

Privilege

Gang rule

government violence

Go on the government dole and get paid to overreact