JACKIE BENSEN, NEWS 4.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, JACKIE.
THIS IS THE FIRST DEADLY POLICE
SHOOTING SINCE D.C.’S NEW POLICE
REFORM LEGISLATION TOOK EFFECT.
AS WE CONTINUE OUR TEAM
COVERAGE, NEWS 4’S MARK SEGRAVES
JOINS US LIVE TO EXPLAIN WHAT
THAT MEANS FOR THE INVESTIGATION
AND WHAT THE PUBLIC AND THE
FAMILY OF THE VICTIM CAN EXPECT.
MARK.
>> YEAH, GOOD EVENING, DOREEN.
YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME CASES
THAT WERE COVERED BY THIS NEW
LAW, RETROACTIVELY, THAT WE GOT
SOME BODY-WORN CAMERA A WHILE
BACK.
BUT AS YOU SAID, THIS IS THE
FIRST KILLING BY A POLICE
OFFICER, OF SOMEONE SINCE IT
WENT INTO EFFECT.
AND ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE
NEW REFORM LAW THAT WAS PASSED
BY THE D.C. COUNCIL HAS TO DO
WITH BODY-WORN CAMERAS AND HOW
QUICKLY THE PUBLIC AND THE
FAMILY OF THE VICTIM GET ACCESS
TO THAT FOOTAGE.
NOW, THE LAW SAYS THEY HAVE TO
GET IT WITHIN FIVE DAYS.
THE FAMILY HAS TO BE ABLE TO
VIEW IT, WITHIN FIVE DAYS.
EVERY D.C. POLICE OFFICER HAS A
BODY-WORN CAMERA.
THEY HAVE WHAT IS CALLEDA
PRE-ROLL FUNCTION ON THEM THAT
ROLLS FOR 30-SECOND INCREMENTS.
WHICH MEANS, ONCE THEY ACTIVATE
IT, THEY ACTUALLY CAPTURE THE
PREVIOUS 30 SECONDS LEADING UP
TO THAT INCIDENT.
NOW, IT DOESN’T MEAN THAT WE ARE
ALL DEFINITELY GOING TO BE ABLE
TO SEE THAT VIDEO BECAUSE ONE OF
THE OTHER CLAUSES IN THIS NEW
LAW IS THAT THE FAMILY OF THE
VICTIM CAN PROHIBIT THE VIDEO
FROM BEING RELEASED, PUBLICLY.
BUT AS JACKIE BENSEN SAID, WE
SHOULD LEARN A LOT MORE
TOMORROW, AS THE INVESTIGATION
UNFOLDS.
WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM MAYOR
BOWSER, TONIGHT, AT ALL ABOUT
THIS.
DESPITE CALLS TO HER OFFICE.
I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THE
MAYOR AND THE CHIEF DON’T HAVE A
PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW
MORNING TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
THAT, CLEARLY, HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE 7th
DISTRICT POLICE STATION WANT