>>9153407 Thanks for Posting.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/indianapolis-police-body-cameras-wake-killings-70641133
The city will lease the cameras from a vendor but the contract with that company, Utility, is not yet final, she said.
The City-County Council funded the $1.2 million effort in the city's 2020 budget in October. Indianapolis will need to dedicate about$2.4 million annuallyto support the body camera program in future years, said Taylor Schaffer, a spokeswoman for Hogsett.
Another Gotcha crisis-delivers-cash scenerio.
Summary: Facetime broadcasting criminal with sketchy military record goes GTA in Indy, "Killed" (off camera, audio only) and additional shooting hours later prompt Immediate Commitment to Multi-Million Dollar Deal with "Utilities" to equip Police with Cameras (again).
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2020/05/08/indianapolis-police-shooting-largest-u-s-city-without-police-body-cameras/3088721001/
Pilot Programs have been in place, though who gets what money has hampered implementation.
Anyone around here long enough will recognize the FF-crisis-solution-extortion-kickback scheme in action, much like the pitching of NetTalon in response to noblesville school shooting. That one had a 30 something retired cop married to an SES member plugging the system on the news.
Proponents of the BodyCam deal through Utilities include the police union, the 10 point coalition, and the "friendly to China" Gov Holcomb.