Vegas police officer wearing body camera facing battery case
Source: Associated Press
Vegas police officer wearing body camera facing battery case
By KEN RITTER, Associated Press | March 17, 2015 | Updated: March 17, 2015 7:11pm
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A veteran Las Vegas police officer has been suspended and accused of misdemeanor battery after a body camera he was wearing provided evidence that he injured a woman he arrested for littering and loitering for the purpose of prostitution, authorities said Tuesday.
An expert said it might be one of the first cases in which a body camera has led to criminal charges against a police officer.
Officer Richard Scavone, 43, used "not only excessive, but also unreasonable" force in the 5 a.m. Jan. 6 scuffle in a neon-lit industrial area one block west Las Vegas Strip resorts, Clark County Undersheriff Kevin McMahill told reporters outside Las Vegas police headquarters.
"We're not going to shy away from bringing these incidents to light when a body camera captures actions of one of our officers that do not appear to be within the confines of law and policy," McMahill said.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Vegas-police-officer-wearing-body-camera-facing-6139509.php
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...to let us know they're cleaning up the department. See? Weeding-out the bad apples who don't know how to cause camera failure at the right times. The numbskulls.
- Because they give the department a bad name when they let people see what ''Protect and Serve'' really means......
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