A Democratic candidate for Governor is asking Governor McCrory to require police to wear video cameras. Durham attorney Ken Spaulding wants the governor to join him in pushing for this legislation.
Spaulding wrote to McCrory this week in light of the fatal police shooting of unarmed 18 year old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. A grand jury declined last week to indict the officer involved.
Spaulding called equipping officers with cameras "a balanced and objective approach" to determine what really happens during similar incidents and said this would generate mutual respect between the police and the public.
Spaulding says federal grants and other money could help defray costs.
Spaulding announced last year he was seeking the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Attorney General Roy Cooper is planning a similar run.
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