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Police Chief Calls Cameras 'Sign Of The Times'

05:46

April 28, 2015

A lieutenant in the Riverdale Park Police Department in Maryland demonstrates how to use a body camera made by TASER. (TASER)

Kelvin Wright is chief of police in Chesapeake, Va. (cityofchesapeake.net)

Police Chief Kelvin Wright of Chesapeake, Virginia, was an early adopter of police body cameras, and he says it is within a citizen's rights to tape police officers, as long as the citizen doesn't interfere with police duties.

Chief Wright speaks with Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson about the role cameras have played in the recent use of police force in Baltimore, Ferguson and North Charleston.

Guest

Kelvin Wright, police chief in Chesapeake, Virginia.

This segment aired on April 28, 2015.