The DeLand, Florida, police fleet used a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to purchase 18 digital video cameras and audio recorders to fit into patrol cars. "Whatever a camera captures or records is visual evidence pretty hard to dispute in a court of law," Deputy Chief Randel Henderson told the News-Journal. "It's real time, it's happening right there and then and it's almost seeing what is happening out of the officer's eyes."
Ten of the 28 Police Department patrol cars already have cameras. This new purchase will mean that the entire fleet of marked cars will carry the visual and audio recording devices. The cameras will eliminate a lot of ambiguity in cases allowing judges and juries to evaluate the facts of a case for themselves.
