Body Cams Now Being Worn by Correctional Officers at the Humboldt County Jail
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce the successful implementation of body-worn cameras in the Humboldt County Correctional Facility.
Axon body-worn cameras are now being implemented in the Correctional Facility’s secured housing areas. As part of the body-worn camera program, correctional deputies on all shifts working in a secured housing unit are required to wear a camera. These cameras record any time the deputy is in an inmate zone, with exception to zones regulated by HIPAA statues. Camera recordings are available for live viewing by supervisors and are uploaded to cloud storage daily.
By being able to provide video documentation of interactions between facility staff and inmates, the body-worn cameras are helping to improve safety for all within the facility.
“Safety is what these cameras are all about,” Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal said. “Not only are they helping protect our correctional deputies from assaults and other incidents, by being able to go back and review video, our deputies are able to receive better training when it comes to interacting with inmates safely.”
The Correctional Facility began testing the body-worn cameras September 2018. Implementation of the program began in late March of this year.
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~that’s a lot of cameras -or maybe they share?
Correctional Captain – 1
Correctional Lt. – 4
Correctional Supervisor – 7
Sr. Correctional Officer – 18
Correctional Officer I – 18
Correctional Officer II – 60
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Probably only a third of those people are ever at work at the same time.
A total waste of money. When the $hit goes down the cops mute or power off the cameras with impunity. They are forced to wear the darn things because of police misconduct, abuse, and illegal use of force, often deadly force.
Claim you saw dude with a gun. Cut him to ribbons with 20 + shots, then yell “hey, mute,” and everyone in the conspiracy destroys the evidence. Awesome. These fvckers should go to jail and never be permitted near a weapon. Use the cameras to toss out the riff-raff and psychos in the ranks, or don’t waste taxpayer money on them.
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Technically, we have no jail. We have a correctional facility. A privately owned, “for profit” jail.