Angela Rivera heard gunshots early in the morning, only to find her son Sei-Jah mortally wounded by a CHP officer. Rivera's death highlights concerns over the CHP's slow adoption of body-worn cameras, with only 3% of officers equipped despite growing integration in law enforcement elsewhere. Experts emphasize the necessity for cameras to ensure accountability in police incidents, as demonstrated by Rivera's case, which lacked dashboard footage of the shooting. Calls for increased implementation of body cameras among California Highway Patrol officers are growing as public scrutiny on police conduct rises.
Over the last decade, law enforcement agencies in California and across the nation have gradually integrated body-worn cameras into their operations."
There is no reason in this day and age, when the camera technology is so readily available, to not have body-worn cameras on officers in the field."
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