5440844 Public Roundtable on The Metropolitan Police Department's Body-Worn Camera Program  

  • Council of the District of Columbia

    COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

    Notice of Public Roundtable

    1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004  

     

    Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, Chairperson

    Committee on the Judiciary

     

    Announces a Public Oversight Roundtable on

     

    The Metropolitan Police Department’s

     Body-Worn Camera Program

     

    Thursday, May 7, 2015, 2:00 p.m.

    Room 123, John A. Wilson Building

    1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

    Washington, D.C. 20004

     

    On Thursday, May 7, 2015, Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, Chairperson of the Committee on the Judiciary, will hold a public oversight roundtable on the Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Body-Worn Camera Program, including policy and budgetary proposals for its expansion. The roundtable will take place in Room 123 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., at 2:00 p.m.

    The Committee invites the public to testify or to submit written testimony. Anyone wishing to testify at the roundtable should contact Kate Mitchell, Committee Director, at (202) 727-8275, or via e-mail at kmitchell@dccouncil.us, and provide their name, telephone number, organizational affiliation, and title (if any) by close of business Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Representatives of organizations will be allowed a maximum of five minutes for oral testimony, and individuals will be allowed a maximum of three minutes. Witnesses should bring ten copies of their written testimony and, if possible, also submit a copy of their testimony electronically to kmitchell@dccouncil.us.

    For witnesses who are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements will be made part of the official record. Copies of written statements should be submitted either to the Committee or to Nyasha Smith, Secretary to the Council, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 5, Washington, D.C. 20004.  The record will close at the end of the business day on Wednesday, May 13, 2015.