Baltimore Police Department to put working cameras in all vans
The Baltimore Police Department will install video cameras inside all of its vans, more than two months after the death of Freddie Gray.
Gray died in April, one week after he sustained severe injuries in the back of a police van. There was a camera inside the van, but it was meant for surveillance and wasn't working, Time reports. Gray's death sparked riots across Baltimore, and in addition to adding the cameras to record inside the vans, the Baltimore Police Department plans to review its riot gear, since some failed to work during the protests. By 2019, the department also plans to outfit every officer with a body camera.
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