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.

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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.

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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.