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APD’s policy, which is under review, requires officers to record most interactions with the public.
A review of Dear’s personnel file showed he previously had not recorded when he used force while trying to arrest people.
Thomas Grover, Dear’s attorney, said Dear is appealing his termination. Grover said Dear complied with the lapel camera policy as much as possible.“This issue with cords coming unplugged …
Police declined to comment Friday on Dear’s interview.
To complicate things, the autopsy report says that all three gunshots were fired on Hawkes from a downward trajectory, indicating that officer Dear was actually standing over the teenage girl when he killed her.
The most recently case involves the shooting of the 19-year-old teenage girl, Ms. The personnel file for Officer Dear says that in January 2013, his camera “malfunctioned” during the course of him “breaking up” a fight, in which Dear “did strike (the 22-year-old suspect) several times in his facial area with a closed fist.” Officer Dear said the man was “resisting arrest.” He wanted his supervisors and the people of Albuquerque to believe that this was just a strange coincidence that his bodycam malfunctioned during the fight, even though it appeared to be in perfect working order upon inspection.
He says he tried to turn it on but it just didn’t seem to work.
Only one month after this, Officer pulled a man over for speeding.
This latest case involves the shooting of a 19-year-old teenage girl.
The personnel file for Officer Dear says that in January 2013, his camera “malfunctioned” during the course of him “breaking up” a fight, in which Dear “did strike (the 22-year-old suspect) several times in his facial area with a closed fist.” Officer Dear said the man was “resisting arrest.” He wanted his supervisors and the people of Albuquerque to believe that this was just a strange coincidence that his bodycam malfunctioned during the fight, even though it appeared to be in perfect working order upon inspection.