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Middlesex board approves sheriff body cameras and dedicated clerk, declines extra prosecutor for now
Summary
After hours of debate about discovery workload and legal obligations, the Board of Supervisors voted to buy body-worn cameras for the sheriff's office and fund a camera clerk position; the request for a funded assistant commonwealth's attorney received no second and did not pass.
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 5 approved purchasing body-worn cameras for the sheriff's office and funding a new clerk position to manage camera footage, but stopped short of approving an additional assistant commonwealth's attorney.
The vote followed extensive public comment and a detailed briefing from Commonwealth's Attorney Mike Hurd, who warned that prosecutors must review and manage recordings as part of discovery and that video evidence increases workload. Hurd told the board the state guidance linking staffing to camera deployments means…
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