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What Sheriff Grady Judd actually said about body cameras.
"Even though several city police departments within Polk County have recently moved toward body cams or discussed implementing them, Judd is opposed, concerned about privacy.
“There are moments and times that we all would like to have a body camera,” he said. “But the community is clearly misled. They think that’s the end-all (solution.) There are a few people in society that don’t trust us and never will. … But they aren’t seeing the unintended consequences, they aren’t seeing the 360 (degree) picture.”
He added, “Nothing is more important to me than our individual privacy rights. The government does not have the right to hang a body camera on a government agent and walk us into your home because you’re a victim. We don’t have a right to do that.
“Even good people who get frustrated and have a stressful moment act and do things they shouldn’t,” Judd said. “And they certainly don’t want it to be public record. If I have body cameras, the whole world is going to see them.”
theledger.com/story/news/politics/county/2021/07/14/sheriff-judd-polk-county-commission-no-body-cameras-yes-more-staff