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Public urges disability flagging and release of body‑camera footage at Pocatello town hall
Summary
At a town hall, doctors and residents urged Pocatello officials to add disability questions for 911 dispatch and asked for remaining body‑camera footage after a deadly incident; council indicated residents can register disability information and asked a speaker to submit recommendations in writing.
Residents used the city’s town-hall comment period to press for changes to first-responder protocols and to request release of body‑worn camera footage from a previous police shooting.
Dr. Mike Riley, a Pocatello resident, urged the city to require dispatchers to ask callers whether any people involved in a reported incident have a documented disability or mental‑health condition. “The dispatcher should ask a very important question: Do any of the people involved in the incident that…
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