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One quarter of all body-worn camera footage from the Oakland, Calif. police was accidentally deleted in October 2014, according to the head of the relevant unit.
As per the San Francisco Chronicle, Sgt. Dave Burke testified on Tuesday at a murder trial that this was, in fact, a mistake.
This incident marks yet another setback in the efforts to roll out body-worn cameras to police agencies nationwide.
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Source: Ars Technica – Police IT staff checked wrong box, deleted 25% of body cam footage