[rxsid]

"But it may explain why the body cameras were not turned on as most police policies state to turn them on whe getting out of the police car....until then the dash camera is only running."

The body cams were not turned on because their policy stated they didn't need to be turned on. Yet, the mayor is out there "wondering" why they weren't on.

[piasa]

Plus she was a witness- an informant of sorts.

It would be difficult to get informants to inform in many cases if they thought they were being video recorded. They’d be afraid of the person they informed on getting a copy.