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Michigan State Police seek $2M to livestream patrol dashcams

By: The Associated Press, fresnobee.com

Michigan State Police want to invest more than $2 million dollars in technology to livestream dashboard cameras to assist in decision-making and risk management, the agency said.

The technology upgrade would allow supervisors to monitor pursuits and other incidents in real time, the agency said in its request for funding in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s state budget. The proposal follows a black Detroit teenager’s death in 2017 after a white state trooper used a stun gun on him from a moving car, the Detroit Free Press reported.

State police didn’t specifically reference the teen’s death in the budget request.

Full story: https://www.fresnobee.com/news/business/article228528634.html