By Melissa Montoya
News-Press
FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Gulf Coast Chapter of the Florida Police Benevolent Association is asking the Fort Myers police chief for bargaining rights in the implementation of the department’s new body camera policy.
Matt Sellers, president of the Gulf Coast Chapter, said the group is not against officers wearing body cameras, but it is concerned with the policy. The police union represents some of the officers on the Fort Myers police force as well as other regional agencies.
“There are serious concerns about training and also the right to privacy of the citizens of Fort Myers and officers,” Sellers said. “We don’t disagree with officers wearing body cameras but we want them properly trained.” The policy is vague, Sellers said.
Full Story: Fort Myers Police body cameras concern union