NY Gives $700,000 for Police Interrogation Videos

ALBANY (AP) —

New York state is awarding nearly $700,000 in grants to local police departments for equipment to videotape interrogations of suspects, saying they help prevent wrongful convictions and false allegations of investigator misbehavior. Prosecutors in 29 counties will administer the grants for about 150 police departments and sheriffs’ offices, including 55 getting them for the first time. That’s expected to bring the technology to about 400 of the more than 500 law enforcement agencies statewide.

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