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DOC has body‑camera equipment but bargaining stalls rollout; tablets already aiding CIU probes

3334900 · May 16, 2025
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Legislature bought body-worn cameras and DOC has the equipment, but implementation remains stalled in labor bargaining; CIU investigators said tablets and searchable communications are already helping identify contraband and evidence.

Nicole Desazo, who the committee identified as Director of Policy for the Department of Mental Health and communications director for DOC, said the legislature appropriated funds and DOC received body-worn camera equipment but implementation has not gone forward because policy and collective-bargaining issues remain unsettled. “We’ve had the equipment for at least two years now, but the issue of like implementing them is still caught up in bargaining,” she…

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