Chief Beck podcast on In Car Video
Los Angeles: On July 13, 2010, during a news conference at 77th Street Community Police Station, Chief Charlie Beck, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Police Commissioner John Mack and LAPD Command Staff announced the Department will equip 300 patrol cars with the In Car Video System (ICVS) in South Bureau.
ICVS records video through the use of multiple cameras located inside of the patrol cars. The digital information is then downloaded to local police stations, and it can be accessed and reviewed by LAPD Command Staff throughout the City. ICVS has been incorporated in Southeast Division for some time now, and so far has captured more than 12,000 incidents.
ICVS provides digital, audio, and video recording of interactions with individuals who are stopped or arrested. In reference to the ICVS Mayor Villaraigosa commented, “It does not only protect the brave men and women in blue it also protects all Angelenos. This technology aids in ensuring that officers and citizens are given the respect and protection they deserve.”
According to Chief Beck ICVS serves not only as mechanism for transparency and for gathering evidence in criminal cases, but it also “builds public trust within the Department. In Car Video System helps build partnerships with our communities and it shows the dangerous and difficult job performed everyday by the men and women of the Los Angeles Police Department.”
ICVS will next be implemented in 77th Division, followed by Southwest and Harbor Divisions. It is expected that by the end of summer all of LAPD’s South Bureau Divisions will be equipped with this new technology.
I think that this is a great thing for 77th, considering the challenges that they face every day. This division works so hard. Right on for 77th - Officers Areola, McPhethers and the entire crew. With a special regard for Lt. Pete Casey.
Great work guys!!!!!!!
Posted by: Josh Moscov | July 21, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Can you say "12A66 to control, show me on a foot-beat on Gage and Vermont, until further"?
Posted by: Ed O'Shea | July 25, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Good now we can watch eddie boy.
Posted by: citizen | July 27, 2024 at 08:17 AM
We will be watching you sling your bizz there CITZ. Then the video evidence will be introduced into evidence. No prop 36 for you!
Posted by: Ed O'Shea | July 27, 2024 at 09:25 PM