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Diabierna 22 Januari 2021

Columbus, Ohio, to spend $4.5M to improve police bodycams

(AP) — Officials in Ohio’s an officer exits a cruiser on
largest city said Thursday a priority call, as well as be
that they plan to invest available if a use-of-force case
$4.5 million in body-worn occurs during a nonemer-
cameras for police and in- gency call, like the one that
troduce a law that would led to Hill’s death.
ensure officers use the The bodycam changes will
cameras correctly after not be instituted in the
the fatal shooting of An- Franklin County Sheriff’s
dre Hill last month by a Department, which does not
white officer. currently require bodycams
for its officers. But the de-
“While many of us woke up partment will be covered by
this morning with a renewed the City Council’s plans for
sense of purpose and opti- a law that would ensure of-
mism, a new year and a new ficers use body cameras accu-
president does not erase the rately and help victims after
past or the pain felt by those they use force on them.
who loved Casey Goodson Officers who violate the law
Jr. or Andre Hill,” Columbus could be subject to disciplin-
Mayor Andrew Ginther said ary action and even criminal
in a briefing Thursday. charges, said Shannon Har-
Ginther and other city of- din, City Council president.
ficials announced the plans “This law will not solve all
to address policing issues re- police violence, but it’s one
awakened by the fatal shoot- fatally shot Dec. 23 by city public to view a 60-second the city has the footage when more step in the right direc-
ing of Goodson and Hill, police Officer Adam Coy, glimpse of the shooting — it needs it the most. The new tion to ensure we know what
both Black men, at the hand who was responding to a but without audio. cameras, set to be released is happening on the scene
of law enforcement in Co- nonemergency call about Additional bodycam foot- this year, will record without based on bodycam footage
lumbus in a matter of weeks. someone turning their car on age released in ensuing days needing officers to activate and ensure that if residents
Goodson, 23, was killed Dec. and off in a northwest Co- showed that no responding them. The cameras will also are hurt, police officers are
3 by a Franklin County sher- lumbus neighborhood. Coy officers rendered aid to Hill produce better resolution and there to render aid and for
iff’s deputy, Jason Meade, has since been fired. as he lay on a garage floor, clarity through wireless tech- those who don’t comply, that
as he walked into his grand- When Coy arrived, he did moaning. nology that will sync with there can be greater account-
mother’s house in Colum- not turn his camera on until As a result, Ginther said, the the new dashboard cameras, ability,” Hardin said.
bus. The case remains under after he had shot Hill several city will spend millions to which are being installed The legislation, named An-
state and federal criminal in- times, officials said. It was update the body-worn cam- right now, Ginther said. dre’s Law, is to be introduced
vestigation. only a lookback feature of eras of Columbus city police The improved bodycams will during a council meeting
Three weeks later, Hill was the camera that allowed the first bought in 2016 to ensure automatically activate when Monday.

UK seafood trucks protest at Parliament over Brexit red tape

barriers to shipping their British fishermen have be- the British economy to expe-
catch abroad. Last week, one gun landing their catch in rience a bumpy start to 2021
Scottish fishing boss threat- EU member Denmark to because of Brexit.
ened to dump his rotting keep it in the bloc. The trade deal that took ef-
catch on politicians’ doorstep “If this debacle does not im- fect Jan. 1 allows Britain and
if the situation did not im- prove very soon we are look- the EU to trade in goods
prove. ing at many established busi- without quotas or tariffs.
Fishing rights became a ma- nesses coming to the end of But that is a far cry from the
jor sticking point in the trade the line,” said Alasdair Hugh- seamless, hassle-free trade
negotiations that followed son, chairman of the Scottish the U.K. enjoyed while it was
the U.K.’s political depar- Creel Fisherman’s Federa- part of the EU’s single mar-
ture from the bloc in January tion. ket. Companies face customs
2020, as European nations “From seabed to plate, this is declarations, border checks
sought to retain access to wa- not an easy business. People and other barriers when they
ters where they have fished put their heart and soul into ship goods to and from the
for decades or even centuries. making it work, with ridicu- bloc. The change has led
Under a new post-Brexit lously long hours,” he added. to shortages of some goods
(AP) — Trucks owned by ers, who could face fines U.K.-EU trade deal signed Johnson has called the is- on supermarket shelves as
U.K. shellfish firms de- for breaching coronavirus last month, the EU’s share of sues “teething problems” firms reduce the number and
scended on Britain’s Par- restrictions by making non- the catch in British seas will and promised to compensate amount of shipments they
liament Monday to pro- essential journeys. be cut by 25% over a 5½-year firms for losses that are due make.
test the Brexit-related red British fishing communi- transition period. After that, to “bureaucratic delays.”
tape they claim is suffo- ties were among the stron- new quotas will have to be But he also claimed fish
cating their businesses. gest supporters of leaving the negotiated. firms’ problems were due
European Union, because it At the same time, Britain’s in part to restaurants being
More than a dozen large lor- promised the chance for the exit from the EU means new closed during the coronavi-
ries — one bearing the words U.K. to leave the bloc’s com- costs and red tape for export- rus pandemic. And he said
“Brexit carnage!” — drove plex system of fishing quotas ers — a major problem, since “there are great opportuni-
past the Houses of Parlia- and regain control over who Britain exports most of the ties for fishermen across the
ment in central London and is allowed to fish in British fish its boats catch. whole of the U.K. to take
parked outside Downing St., waters. Some fishing companies say advantage of the spectacular
home to British Prime Min- But now some in Britain’s the new restrictions have marine wealth of the United
ister Boris Johnson. fishing industry say they are made it impossible to ship Kingdom.”
Police spoke to the driv- facing ruin because of new their catch to Europe. Some Fishing is not the only part of