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South Bend OKs Random Inspections For Body Camera Footage

A protester at the Black Lives Matter demonstration on Saturday July 15 in South Bend.
A protester at the Black Lives Matter demonstration on Saturday July 15 in South Bend.

A new policy adopted in the wake of a black man's fatal shooting by a white South Bend, Indiana, police officer calls for random inspections of officers' body camera footage and for officers to state a reason before ending a recording. The city's Board of Public Safety approved the new policy on Wednesday. The policy has been under scrutiny since the June 16 shooting of 54-year-old Eric Logan.

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The shooting wasn't captured on police video because the officer's dash and body cameras weren’t activated. Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is mayor of South Bend.

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