Must See Video: Body cam captures violent ‘suicide by cop’. PD Equivalent of Firefighters Helmet Cameras

This is a very tragic video. A man wielding two knives is involved in a confrontation with a police officer. It ends in a fatal shooting.

This “Body Cam” is very interesting to see in the police field. This is the equivalent of the Helmet Cameras firefighters wear. I am curious how police departments utilize the cameras and whether or not they are PD issued or police officers wear them on their own.

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Spokesman.com:

By Scott Maben
The Spokesman-Review

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Coeur d’Alene Police Officer Spencer Mortensen ordered Eric Byron Johnston eight times to drop two knives before fatally shooting him in a small apartment near downtown last summer, the officer’s body camera recording shows.

Police released the video footage yesterday. The prosecuting attorney in neighboring Bonner County reviewed an Idaho State Police investigation into the Aug. 25, 2013, shooting and concluded that Johnston, a 35-year-old Dalton Gardens resident, appeared intent on “suicide by cop” and that no charges should be filed against Mortensen.