威斯康星州麦迪逊市警察局在一起致命枪击事件中没有执法记录仪录像。[1]该部门近500名警察不要求佩戴此类设备，这在同等规模的城市中极为罕见。[1]
事件发生在警察与无家可归者Corey Ruiz的冲突中。[1]根据警察的说法，Ruiz在与四名警察搏斗期间拔出刀子，伤害了其中一名警察，随后该警察开枪射击。[1]四名警察已被行政休假，等待州调查。[1]
麦迪逊普通委员会计划批准一项为期三年、耗资414,800美元的执法记录仪项目。[1]警察局长John Patterson表示，执法记录仪已成为"现代警察的必要工具"。[1]
亚利桑那州立大学刑事司法教授Michael D. White指出，"拥有500名或以上警察的机构中，没有执法记录仪项目的极其罕见"。[1]根据统计，截至2016年，拥有500名或以上警察的警察部门中约80%已配备执法记录仪，现在已接近100%。[1]
2024年夏季，麦迪逊进行了90天的执法记录仪试点项目，后续报告发现相机对警察行为或社区对警察的感受影响不大。[1]这一历史背景可追溯至2015年，当时19岁的Tony Robinson遭麦迪逊警察枪杀，最终促成了独立警察监察办公室的成立。[1]
The Madison Police Department in Wisconsin lacks body camera footage of a deadly officer-involved shooting because the department does not mandate that officers wear the devices [1]. Nearly 500 officers in the Madison force operate without this requirement, a practice described as extremely rare among police departments of similar size [1].
The incident involved police officers and Corey Ruiz, a homeless individual [1]. According to an officer's account, Ruiz drew a knife during a struggle with four officers and injured one of them [1]. An officer then opened fire [1]. All four officers involved have been placed on administrative leave pending a state investigation [1].
The absence of body camera documentation has renewed scrutiny of the department's equipment policies. Police Chief John Patterson has stated that body cameras have become "a necessary tool of modern policing" [1]. Michael D. White, a criminal justice professor at Arizona State University, underscored how unusual Madison's situation is, noting that institutions with 500 or more officers without body camera programs are "extremely rare" [1]. As of 2016, approximately 80% of police departments with 500 or more officers had adopted body cameras, with adoption rates now approaching 100% [1].
The city's Common Council is planning to approve a three-year funding initiative totaling $414,800 to implement a body camera program [1]. This comes after Madison conducted a 90-day body camera pilot project in summer 2024, though subsequent analysis found the cameras had minimal impact on officer conduct or community perceptions of police [1].
The push for body cameras reflects lingering tensions in Madison over police use of force. In 2015, 19-year-old Tony Robinson was fatally shot by Madison police, an incident that ultimately led to the establishment of an independent police oversight office [1].