Police said a woman who was wearing no pants and highly intoxicated was arrested around 1 a.m. Friday in Dayton, OH while outside banging on an apartment door.
The woman is in the Montgomery County Jail, facing public indecency and disorderly conduct charges. She’s identified as Ashley Sturgill, 27.
According to the Dayton Police report, they were called about a suspicious person complaint with possible sex acts involved.
The officers found Sturgill loudly banging on a door where, it was later determined, she was no longer welcome because of her behavior.
Police tried to get the woman to put on her pants, located on the ground nearby. Instead, the officer reports the woman picked up a white garbage bag, full of trash, and tried to put it on like pants. In the process, she reportedly cut her foot on broken glass.
The wound was photographed to log her injury, then Sturgill was taken to jail, with pants on.
Their absence has led to questions. Like what was said in the moments before South Carolina police officer Michael Slager shot and killed Walter Scott earlier this month. Or what happened at all when Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson shot unarmed teen Michael Brown last August. (Video via The New York Times)
Police body-worn cameras are hailed by law enforcement critics as a solution for brutality and by many police officers themselves as a tool to prove the vast majority of men and women wearing badges do so professionally, and at times valiantly. But how much do they cost?
One company VieVU advertises its police body cameras cost $199, plus $55 a month per camera for data storage. For a police department wanting 100 cameras, that comes out to about $86,000 in startup costs in the first year.
But that appears to be on the on the cheap side and only the beginning of costs. PERF found most of the police departments with body cameras reported buying them at $800-$1,200 each. (Video via RT)
Data storage takes up the bulk of police expenses. Departments have to decide a policy for how often their officers turn on the cameras, how long videos are kept and do they pay a third party provider to store the data? Or do they keep those operations in-house — often the more costly option because it requires purchasing more equipment and hiring additional people to administer the program and provide technical backup.
One police chief told the PERF study data storage costs “can be crippling.”
But certainly far less crippling than other law enforcement costs like fleets of police vehicles, which cost tens of thousands of dollars to purchase before paying for maintenance. And those are tools few, if any, police chiefs would argue their department could do without. (Video via General Motors)
Body camera manufacturers and proponents also point out the cameras can help avoid wasted expenses if a conviction is thrown out or a lawsuit is filed because of alleged police misconduct. (Video via Pro-Vision)
President Obama has proposed $75 million in funding over three years to help purchase 50,000 body cameras. The federal government would basically provide local police departments with a 50 percent match to buy the cameras and store data. (Video via WOOD)
And while startup funds are great, many police officials could argue it’s locking them into a much larger commitment. This is a piece of equipment those officials probably can’t cut from future budgets without enormous outrage from the community.
Crime fiction writer Don Winslow is a bestselling author of thirteen crime and mystery novels as well as short stories and film screenplays.
Don Winslow is an American author most recognized for his crime and mystery novels. Many of his books are set in California. He has published a series of five novels that have a private investigator named Neal Carey as their main character.
He has written the screenplays for Savages, Satori and other adaptations of his novels with screenwriter/producer Shane Salerno. (via Wikipedia)
New York Times Bestselling Author
Author Don Winslow shared a final edit of his book cover for the upcoming book, ‘The Cartel’.
Don Winslow shared the final cover for his upcoming sequel book, THE CARTEL via his Twitter page and I absolutely LOVE it.
The Cartel is the follow up to his novel, The Power of the Dog in which Winslow plans to set both books up and tell a two-film epic story of a drug war that spans 45 years and focuses on two mortal enemies.
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